I serve as the lead teacher for our foundational Upper School history course. We introduce students to key social science concepts for better understanding their contemporary world. Each year we re-craft the curriculum to reflect current events, from urbanization to global crises.

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In our Class 8 history course, students explore medieval cultures around the world, focusing on the ways they influence and interact with on another. We begin in the fall in the Mediterranean world and the rise of Islam. In the winter we move to East Asia and the Silk Road. Spring concludes with the Americas and European contact. Students develop their historical analysis and communication skills.

Theodora, Byzantine Empress, Basilica San Vitale (Ravenna).

In my U.S. History Courses, students focus on primary source analysis to understand the breadth of American experience and thought. I pay particular attention to individuals those lives span traditional periodization, helping students notice the changes and continuities of American history.