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Alan H.

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Heya! I’m Alan, and I am a social studies teacher with 15 years of experience. I graduated cum laude from American University as a double major in secondary education and history. I have been living the dream ever since having taught in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Newark, New Jersey. I have had the privilege of teaching social studies to students from 8th to 12th grade from all walks of life, and I have taught inclusion, general education, honors, and AP courses. I was teacher of the...

Heya! I’m Alan, and I am a social studies teacher with 15 years of experience. I graduated cum laude from American University as a double major in secondary education and history. I have been living the dream ever since having taught in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Newark, New Jersey. I have had the privilege of teaching social studies to students from 8th to 12th grade from all walks of life, and I have taught inclusion, general education, honors, and AP courses. I was teacher of the year at my high school for the 2018-2019 school year. I have also had the privilege of mentoring three of my colleagues and three student teachers.

I take great joy in teaching (and learning) new and interesting things. My expertise is teaching anything social studies related. The courses I have taught the most are US History, African American History, Debate, Latin American History, and World History. In terms of skills, I have taught students to memorize information, to read complex texts, to write argumentative pieces, to research topics, and to prepare and deliver public speeches. I love supporting people to learn how to do things on their own. My style of teaching is to try to hook people into why something matters, explain the content/skill required, practice the content/skill with the students, and then create an interesting challenge for them to demonstrate that they have mastered the content/skill.

Please do not hesitate to reach out, and I can’t wait to help!

-Alan

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Education

American University
History and Secondary Education
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African American Studies

African American Studies

At American University, I wrote a biographical essay on a Civil Rights veteran, which included my interview with him. My honors thesis was based on education in segregated Washington, D.C. at the turn of the 20th century. In my career, I have taught African American History in North Carolina and New Jersey for six years in total. I created lesson plans on Medieval African History, Enslavement and Resistance, The American and Haitian Revolutions, Capitalism and Slavery, Free African Americans, Abolitionism, The Causes of the Civil War, The Civil War, Reconstruction and its Collapse, Washington, Du Bois, and Cooper, Government Violence, The Harlem Renaissance, The Civil Rights Movement, African Independence Movements, Police Violence, and The American Dream.
United States History

United States History

In high school, I earned college credit for APUSH, but I took the courses in college anyway to learn more. In my career, I have taught US History I and II, as well as Honors and APUSH. I have created lessons on Indigenous Peoples and their Strategies, Power and Colonialism, Enslavement and Resistance, the Independence Movement, the Early Republic, From Abolitionism to Civil War, Reconstruction and the Nadir, Imperialism, Capitalism & Progressivism, World War I, The 1920s, Harlem Renaissance, The Great Depression, The New Deal, World War II, The Civil Rights Movement, The Cold War, Vietnam, Conservativism, the War on Terror, The Great Recession, The American Dream, and The Trump Era.
Government & Politics
Social Studies
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