Hello! a veteran social studies teacher who loves helping students to think about the past. During three decades teaching high school history I have learned that guided practice is the essence of education. My students practice by examining sources, connecting concepts, and answering sample questions. Studying history can be fascinating, and I help my students to see this. My teaching career in California and Minnesota includes years of AP World and AP European History, along with US and...
Hello! a veteran social studies teacher who loves helping students to think about the past. During three decades teaching high school history I have learned that guided practice is the essence of education. My students practice by examining sources, connecting concepts, and answering sample questions. Studying history can be fascinating, and I help my students to see this. My teaching career in California and Minnesota includes years of AP World and AP European History, along with US and World history classes at all levels. I provide specific, high quality feedback on student writing based on experience as an official reader for the AP World and AP Euro exams. I have published more than 150 practice questions for AP World History and I compose original practice questions for other subjects. Working with these helps students to learn how to break down stimulus-based multiple-choice questions, a skill that is also useful for the SAT and ACT.
I prepare students prepare for assessments, including AP History exams by practicing test elements with detailed and precise feedback. I closely read student work to identify strengths and weaknesses, and then provide specific feedback for student improvement.
I love helping students to think historically. History fascinates me and I am constantly expanding my knowledge with academic books and podcasts. Combining these two passions, I deeply enjoy working individually with students to become successful history students.
I have been a licensed teacher since 1990. In addition, I completed a year of graduate classes in curriculum and instruction while in California, and in 2015 I earned a graduate certificate in Online Teaching & E-Learning for the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Years of experience teaching US History allows me to identify the most important that material that students study and to see where they sometimes get stuck. I am also deeply familiar with AP History exam question types as a veteran AP Reader in World and European History and as a writer of pra
