Content Knowledge
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1. Annotated LIst of University English and History Classes Completed
English
ENG 101 Academic Writing and Research
ENG 207 Studies in Poetry
ENG 214 Intro to Editing
ENG 220 Great Works in Western Literature
ENG 262 English Lit II
ENG 265 American Literature
ENG 362 History of the English Language
History
In addition to my BS in Middle Grades Language Arts and Social Studies I also earned my Minor in History
HI 205 Western Civilization since 1400
HI 232 The World from 1200 to 1750
HI 251 Early American History
HI 252 Modern American History (AP Credit)
HI 364 History of North Carolina
HI 372 African American History to 1865
HI 419 Modern European Imperialism
HI 440 American Environmental History
HI 441 Colonial and Revolutionary US
Related Classes
COM 110 Public Speaking
ANT 253 Intro to World Archaeology
FOR 248 Forestry History, Technology, and Society
2. Afrifact for depth of content knowledge in English
Thoreau and the Events of His Time
This paper was assigned in ENG 265. The assignement was to compare a peice of literature we had read in class to a historical event conteporary to the time it was written. I chose to write about Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" as it related to the events of the Mexican War.
I think that this paper not only demonstrates my language arts content knowledge but it demonstrates a cross curricular ability to integrate language arts with social studies. As a dual certified teacher the ability to integrate the two is invaluable.
3. Aftifact for depth of content knowledge in history
This paper was assigned in HI 251. The assignment was to survey the information covered in the course and discuss the themes of freedom and liberty throughout early US history. I chose to look at the idea of America as the land of opertunity and in turn how those opertunities gave individuals their freedom, sometimes to the benefit and at the expense of others.
I think that this paper demonstates my historical content knowledge as if covers a breadth of information from the ice age migrations to the civil war and reconstruction eara. I think it also reflects an ability to discuss history thematically as well as merely chronologically, an essentail asset to designing effective and engaging lessons in history as well as language arts.