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Rachel Thompson
is a curriculum specialist and writer, and is currently
the Educational Outreach Director at the George C. Marshall
International Center. Mrs. Thompson recently completed
a series of lessons for the Web site of the White House
Historical Association, www.whitehousehistory.org,
and for WETA’s educational site, www.exploredc.org.
She has written teacher’s guides for many WETA
video productions, and for educational projects of USA
Today, Time-Life, and the Franklin
and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. Before becoming
an educational writer, Mrs. Thompson was for thirty-one
years a U.S. History and American Government teacher.
Her undergraduate degree is from Carson-Newman College
in East Tennessee, and she received her Master’s
in Secondary Social Studies Curriculum at George Mason
University, Fairfax, Virginia.
Nancy Hall is a former educational
writer and social studies teacher for the Fairfax County,
Virginia, public schools. She is vice president of children's
activities for the Opera Guild of Northern Virginia
and a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children
(CASA) for the Fairfax County Court system. Nancy received
a B.A. in history form Duke University and a Master’s
in Education from the University of Virginia. She writes
educational articles and lesson plans for PBS on a regular
basis.
Michael Hutchison teaches social studies
at Lincoln High School in Vincennes, Indiana, and at
Vincennes University. In 1996, Michael was named a national
winner of the 21st Century Teacher competition, a recognition
which was repeated in 1997. In 1998, Compaq named Michael
a first-place prizewinner in its Teacher Lesson Plan
contest, and in 1999, Michael was named the Midwest
regional winner in Technology & Learning magazine's
Teacher of the Year program. In 2002, Michael was named
"Teacher of the Year" by the Indiana Computer
Educators and "Technology-Using Teacher of the
Year" by the International Society for Technology
in Education. In addition, Michael hosts a weekly social
studies forum for TAPPED IN, works as a staff member
for ED Oasis, and serves as a faculty member of Connected
University, as well as a member of the PBS TeacherSource
Advisory Group.
Joan Brodsky Schur is Social Studies Curriculum
Consultant for the Village Community School in New York
City where she has taught Social Studies and English
for over 20 years. She is co-author of In A New
Land: An Anthology of Immigrant Literature and
creator of the American Letters series published
by Interact. Joan’s articles have appeared regularly
in Social Education, and her work can be found
at the Web sites of the National Archives, PBS TeacherSource,
and the National Council for Teachers of English. Joan
is currently serving on the PBS TeacherSource Advisory
Group for 2002-2003 and on the International Activities
Committee of the National Council for the Social Studies
for 2002-2005.
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