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The Second Side is a six-part virtual learning project at The Shadows-on-the-Teche. The series launched in 2023 to provide supplemental content to Iberia Parish classrooms. The Second Side series is a brief look into African American life in Iberia Parish that covers topics of education, desegregation, family and community, labor and economics, and military involvement.Continue reading “The Second Side: Virtual Learning on African American History”

In 2021, I changed the way students visit the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. There are very few museums where students are actively engaged by a 1.5 hour guided tour. Young people want to explore and learn by doing. Additionally, the small and frequently changing exhibition at Pritzker Military Museum and Library limited the waysContinue reading “Interactive Learning at Pritzker Military Museum”

In 2020, COVID-19 closed most museums, schools, and public institutions for months. During that time, museums launched new virtual initiatives to continue sharing their mission and found audiences around the country. For the last 20 years, Pritzker Military Museum & Library built a significant reputation in the intellectual world as an academic center. In anContinue reading “Engaging Students Through Virtual Museum Experiences”

Education Connections are 15-20 minute interactions for school groups who select self-guided visits to the Museum. Launched in 2018, over 1,000 students benefited. From July 2016 to June 2017, 38,574 students visited The National WWII Museum. The Education Department directly engaged on-site students with three distinct field trip options: 1. STEM Field Trips 2. SpecialContinue reading “Enhancing Student Engagement at WWII Museum”

I am the Louisiana Coordinator for National History Day. In 2020, I introduced a statewide social studies elective. In 2020, I created the Louisiana History Day Project-Based Learning elective. The curriculum introduces a 3-credit elective into school districts around the state and provides teachers a new tool to implement the History Day program. This curriculumContinue reading “Engaging Students with Louisiana History Day Program”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Media and Education Center at The National WWII Museum increased the volume of digital content and digital engagement. February 2021: American Liberators of the Holocaust November 2020: Electing Roosevelt October 2020: World War II and the Early Civil Rights Movement May 2020: Get in the Scrap! at Home (part 2)Continue reading “Adapting to COVID: WWII Museum’s Digital Education Strategy”

In 2019 and 2020, I lead a team of designers in a project to redesign the Get in the Scrap! classroom curriculum and website. See the full curriculum and website:www.getinthescrap.org