Jon Van Beckum

Greater Milwaukee Area United States

At-Risk History, Social Studies, Math and PE Teacher at Kradwell School

Education

My teaching goal is to be educator who tries to reach and teach as many willing students as possible. If I can help to open the mind of one student to the world outside of their comfort zone, then I did a good job that day. In addition, I want to bring my experiences and training as a secondary education instructor to the collegiate level so that I can continue to share my love of History, Government and Archaeology with adults. Furthermore, I want to continue do research in contact/ frontier period archaeology in the Midwestern United States, with an emphasis in the changing patterns of conflict and trade displayed by both Native Americans and Europeans. To work in a Curatorial...