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social studies conneCTion
Social studies education inspires all students for lifelong inquiry and informed civic action. Join social studies leaders, Steve Armstrong and Tony Roy, as they connect with educators and advocates from across the state. Each episode will include entertaining dialogue, insights into best practices, and practical connections to social studies standards. Produced by the Connecticut Council for the Social Studies.
social studies conneCTion
Greg Frank and Brian Zawodniak and Teaching Through Living History
Greg Frank is a social studies teacher from South Windsor who has taught high school and middle school history for 30 years. Greg used to be a Civil War reenactor and is now Revolutionary War re-enactor.
He met Brian Zawodniak in college, when they were members of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history Honor Society. A teacher at JFK Middle School in Enfield, Brian has taught geography and U.S. History for 17 years. He is a Revolutionary War loyalist reenactor. The two discuss teaching through living history and historical reenactment.