A wonderful resource for Illinois local history, Illinois Adventure explores a wide array of historical, cultural, and technological topics that make our State so great.
ACKNOWLEDGING ILLINOIS’ GREAT SOCIAL STUDIES RESOURCE: JIM WILHELM’S “ILLINOIS ADVENTURE!”
Dr. Frederick Isele, Western Illinois University
For those Illinois Social Studies educators that desire an outstanding resource for the teaching and learning of our Prairie State’s Heritage, please acknowledge Jim Wilhelm’s “ILLINOIS ADVENTURE” online or with your local PBS affiliated television channel. Not only are there hundreds of topics and “places to see and hear from different locations throughout the state,” Jim provides additional links, phone numbers, and reference information for teachers to plan classroom field trips, to help with student research, and to provide links to other important Illinois Heritage data. Professional educators at our Illinois Council State Social Studies Conferences have all commented about their ongoing utilization of this wonderful resource and the great impact it has made with their students. Link to ILLINOIS ADVENTURE, JIM WILHELM on your preferred search engine! http://www.illinoisadventuretv.org/