Kane County Institute Day 2020 - Geneva

Jason M. Artman is an Instructional Coach for the Illinois Civic Mission Coalition and wrote and facilitates civics workshops for OnlineImpact. The activities he designed for his history classrooms are applicable and practical to other classes. Participants will leave with blank line masters of many reading and writing activities for use in any social studies classroom at the middle- or high-school level. 

Over the past few years, geography students at Prairie Central HS have mapped 15 local cemeteries including the graves of nearly 20,000 people.  Besides outlining this project, the session will discuss the evolution of a teaching philosophy from project-based learning to problem-based learning. Using problem-based learning a teacher can create self-directed students who are engaged in learning and push the boundaries of what a "classroom" can be.  

Jason M. Artman is an Instructional Coach for the Illinois Civic Mission Coalition and wrote and facilitates civics workshops for OnlineImpact. The activities he designed for his history classrooms are applicable and practical to other classes. Participants will leave with blank line masters of many reading and writing activities for use in any social studies classroom at the middle- or high-school level. 

Over the past few years, geography students at Prairie Central HS have mapped 15 local cemeteries including the graves of nearly 20,000 people.  Besides outlining this project, the session will discuss the evolution of a teaching philosophy from project-based learning to problem-based learning. Using problem-based learning a teacher can create self-directed students who are engaged in learning and push the boundaries of what a "classroom" can be.