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Fred Walk Normal Community High School Using the “Mother Road” as a Primary Source

Fred Walk Normal Community High School Using the “Mother Road” as a Primary Source. Illinois State University Teaching American History Summer Institute 2003.

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Fred Walk Normal Community High School Using the “Mother Road” as a Primary Source

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  1. Fred WalkNormal Community High SchoolUsing the “Mother Road” as a Primary Source Illinois State University Teaching American History Summer Institute 2003

  2. Building Bridges--Connecting History/Social Studies and Community through Service-Learning. Essential Elements of Quality Service Learning.

  3. What is Service Learning? • Young people learn and develop through active participation in actual community needs. • Integrated into the academic curriculum • Extending student learning beyond the classroom.

  4. Provide students with opportunities to use newly acquired academic skills and knowledge in real life situations in their communities. • Structured reflection on service experience • Provide additional opportunities for continued service learning

  5. Why Service Learning? • Serious Decline in Civic Organizations • Parent Teacher Organizations--Lions, Jaycees, Elks, League Of Women Voters

  6. Enhance the Learning of Historical Content • Provide Students with Real-World Understanding of Issues • Develop Civic Participation Skills • Develop a Sense of Caring for Others

  7. Why Service Learning? • Introduce Teachers to their Community • Develop and Enhance a Professional Relationship between Teachers • Create Positive Publicity for the Teaching of History/Social Studies

  8. Professional Opportunities---Organizations, Conferences, Publishing

  9. Get Your Service Learning Kicks on Route 66 Historic Route 66: A Geographic Journey, Towanda, Illinois USA

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