Professional Development and Teaching Resources

I am dedicated to continued development of teaching methods and knowledge, as well as history content. I plan to continue to attend workshops and keep up to date with readings to reach these goals. 

This page includes some of the webinars I have attended along with resources I draw inspiration from in my teaching.

Webinars: 

• Library of Congress || Responsive Inquiry In and Through Vocal Music || 1/26/2021
• Reflection
• Georgia State University || Population Education || 2/8/2021
• Pulitzer Center || Teaching Black History to Elementary and Middle School Students || 2/25/2021

Resources:

• Zinn Education Project
• I strongly believe that "Great Man's History" does a disservice to our students' understanding of historical events. The activities and lessons I create encourage students to examine history from the eyes of diverse groups of "common" people. These historical figures may not have statues or plaques in museums, but they do show how history is the story of ALL people not just the privileged few. Zinn Education Project corresponds with these ideals and provides valuable classroom resources.
• Reading Like a Historian 
• Many times I have heard the phrase "history is easy" and that "it does not teach any skills." These statements show a lack of understanding of the qualities it takes to develop historical understanding and partake in historical research. Reading Like a Historian provides activities that develop students skills at reading, analyzing, interpreting, and applying primary sources. While these skills would be categorized as "soft," it is important that youth develop historical analysis skills as it will help them develop a more complex understanding of history and the wider world.
• Library of Congress: Digital Collections 
• Primary sources are an essential part of a history education. All of our understanding of historical events and eras are based off examination of primary sources. I pull primary sources into every lesson I teach, so that students will grow used to examining and analyzing these types of sources. Library of Congress' Digital Collections are a valuable resource for a wide variety of free historical artifacts that can be used for any lesson topic! 
• Black Past
• It is so important to learn the histories of diverse peoples. Black and U.S. history are incredibly intertwined making the history of African-Americans a very important aspect of my history curriculum. Black Past offers primary and secondary source examinations of African-American history that work great within the classroom.