Presenting my lesson, based on Dr. Prescott's Pioneer Mothers for the New Millennium and "Settler Colonialism and the Persistence of Pioneer myths in Western Monuments, 1890-Present," at the Western History Association Conference in San Antonio in October 2018. This collaboration was part of the Library of Congress's Teaching with Primary Sources Western Division's "Teachers as Scholars" initiative.
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Collaborating with scholars as part of the California Rising book project sponsored by St. Mary's University in San Antonio. Looking forward to the continued relationship as we build lessons related to Joanna Dyl's article "Earthquakes, Fires, and Environmental Risk in the San Francisco Bay Area."
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Recipient of the 2018 Texas History Teacher of the Year award from Gilder Lehrman. My profile on the Gilder Lehrman website.
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Received a 2018 Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award from Humanities Texas. The announcement on Humanities Texas website.
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Gaining new perspectives on American Indian history, culture, and contemporary lives during the Native Knowledge 360 Teacher Institute. Will be trying out their Inquiry-based lessons in my classroom and sharing my experiences with other educators.
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2018 James Madison Fellow
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2017-2018 National Humanities Center Teacher Advisory Council
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Preparing a presentation for the 2018 Western History Association conference, under the auspices of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources, Western Division program
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Keynote Speaker Dr. Cinthia Salinas from the University of Texas at Austin at the National Council for History Education
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National Council for History Education 2018 Conference
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A little light fun at the 2018 National Council for History Education Conference
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Professional Presentations
Class Websites
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2017 AP Conference Presentation"Blurred Lines": Interdisciplinary Connections Between AP US History and AP Language & Composition"
During this session, participants will examine a successful Advanced Placement model that blurs the lines between AP Language & Composition and AP US History. Participants explore specific ways that history and English overlap and learn how to plan out a year of curriculum connections that enable students to more successfully navigate the broad historical background of our country while developing strong reading and writing skills that supports success on the AP exam in both English and History. Participants will also discover methods for integrating elements from both classes into interdisciplinary projects that engage students and showcase creativity in the Advanced Placement classroom. Participants will use a model developed at S.F. Austin High School to plan potential connections between the AP Language & Composition and AP US History curriculum requirements, including reviewing common language and tools that enable higher level thinking by students as they develop the common skills set shared by these courses. In addition, after examining sample interdisciplinary project descriptions and rubrics, participants will outline individualized project ideas. AGENDA
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Student Work Samples
Puck Magazine Project
These are representative samples. Not all projects received the highest scores, rather this represents an overall sampling.
Immigration Article Analysis
Drama-Rama
Lightside/Darkside: May the Force Be With You
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Sample papers for Light Side/Dark Side project.
NOTE: Not all of these papers receive A's (in fact some may have received a poor score!), but they are useful for seeing how other people have laid out their papers. The criteria of the project was slightly different, so these papers do not include the "Art Analysis" part. You will need to make sure you add that to your paper. |
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