In this interactive one-day session, participants unpack simple ways to increase accessibility and engagement while using the Investigating History curriculum. Facilitators Maureen Chapman and James Simons – certified Investigating History providers and authors of the student-engagement book Leaders of the Class – share straightforward protocols and field-tested models for adapting summative assessments. Additionally, they provide model collaboration roles, routines, and tools from their book.
Participants have ample time to work independently and collaboratively to use these tools to adapt a summative assessment to increase task authenticity and create routines to support the development of the collaboration skills central to the curriculum.
Walk away with:
- An adapted summative students will be proud to showcase
- Planned routines to improve student collaboration skills
- Student collaboration roles and toolkits
- Models of task adaptations
- A copy of the book Leaders of the Class: Units for Teaching Motivation, Perseverance, Communication, and Collaboration in the Secondary Classroom
Audience: This session is appropriate for educators who directly teach the Investigating History curriculum as well as those in coaching or curriculum support positions
Coffee and lunch provided.
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Time: 9-2
Location: Mother Brook Arts and Community Center | 123 High Street, Dedham, MA
Cost: $375
Certified Providers: Cor Creative Partners
