Name: Your Own Backyard: Using Place-Based Learning and Field Trips to Meet Standards and Increase Student Civic Engagement
Start: 2025-03-15T10:30:00-0500
End: 2025-03-15T11:30:00-0500

Welcome to WCSS 25 - MAKING SOCIAL STUDIES MATTER! We are excited to host a powerful two day conference in our state capital, sharing countless ideas and methods to continue making social studies relevant to our students. Get ready to learn, grow, and have some fun in the process!

Saturday March 15, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am CDT

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Emphasize student-led inquiry and civic engagement through place-based learning! Learn how educators from organizations around the state built a template for teachers and historic sites to use field trips to meet social studies standards. How could you use this customizable template to increase student inquiry in your own backyard?

Speakers

Kris McDaniel

Social Studies Consultant, WI Dept of Public Instruction

I am the DPI Social Studies Consultant. My main work is to provide quality PD and resources to teachers and to connect organizations and districts. My main focus and passion, though, is helping social studies teachers in whatever they may need to provide amazing, rockstar instruc... Read More →

Saturday March 15, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
UNIV CD

Civics/Government, All Social Studies Educators

Host Organization WI Dept of Public Instruction
Company Engaging Pedagogy, Local & Global Connections
Audience 60 minute General Presentation

WCSS 25

Kris McDaniel

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