Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Award-winning teacher/historian to present Liberal Arts Alumni-in-Residence Program
 College of Liberal Arts Alumni-in-Residence Jon Carl, a local historian and award-winning social studies teacher at F.J. Reitz High School, will present “Hands on History: Transforming Students into Historians by Making Documentaries,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in Kleymeyer Hall in the Liberal Arts Center.Carl holds Bachelor of Science in social science secondary education and Master of Science in Education degrees from USI. He was named Indiana’s No Child Left Behind 2007 American Star of Teaching by the US Department of Education for his innovative class on historical documentaries called “Feel the History.” He also was named one of “20 to Watch” by the National School Boards Association, Caleb Mills History Educator of the Year by the Indiana Historical Society, and Teacher of the Year for 2008 by the Indiana Computer Educators Association. A team of his students won first place in the 2008 Adobe School Innovation Awards for their work in “Feel the History.” The program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Tamara Hunt, chair of the Department of History, at tlhunt@usi.edu or 812/465-1202. Wendy Knipe Bredhold News & Information Services 812/461-5259 or wkbredhold@usi.edu |
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