...I remember exactly when I fell in love with US history. It was April 4, 1957, and my dad took a photo of the moment. My sister and I were scrambling up the earthworks at Yorktown and I found myself wondering what it must have been like for the soldiers I use a lot of photos from my dad's and my own photo collections, which cover almost every site significant to history. (read more)
...I have taught mathematics to elementary and middle school students for over 20 years. Math is my specialty. Progressing from the basic and concrete, I will show you how and why math "works" and gradually develop an understanding of the more abstract concepts. (read more)
...I am a certified secondary English teacher with a B.S. degree in secondary English Education from Boston University. My experience includes: teaching English to high school students in Prince George's County, Maryland, middle school English for home school cooperatives, private tutoring for stud... (read more)
...Regarding a more formal curriculum approach to Public Speaking, I taught Public Speaking to grades 5-8. In addition, I incorporate four public speaking assignments into my curriculum, for every class I teach, each year. I do this because I believe in order to be successful in college and in the work force, one must be able to present their ideas verbally, and more importantly, convincingly. (read more)