Judy Rowell – BS of Education from the University of Tulsa (go TU), further studies at the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee, Langston University, and graduate studies at Northeastern State University. She has spent the past 4 summers being trained at seminars presented by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the US Holocaust Museum and the National Endowment for the Humanities.   She has been an educator for 39 years, teaching from grade 4 through Community College.  She has taught in the Union Public School district for the past 28 years, teaching a variety of social studies, and currently teaching Pre AP 9^th and 10^th grade US History.  She is an Oklahoma A+ Schools Fellow, an Oklahoma Energy and Resources Board Master Teacher and has been a College Board consultant for the past 3 years. 

This week will be spent exploring techniques and best practices for teaching Pre AP American History.  Please bring your favorite lesson to share with the group.  Topics to be covered range from Viking exploration, speaking 18^th century English, the Petticoat wars, life among the lowly in the early 19^th century, the Underground Railroad, Transcendentalism, the Utopian societies, the fiery fifties and the Civil War and Reconstruction.  This list is fluid and can be changed to suit the needs of the participants.  I believe in hands-on experiential learning, so please come prepared to participate. This will NOT be a week of sitting quietly, listening to me.

Updated 1/14/08