Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award 2009 International Recipients
Andrew Cresswell,
Humberview Secondary School, Bolton, Ontario
Andrew, a social studies teacher in Bolton, Ontario who
teaches Holocaust and Human Behavior, will put his award towards a
computer and LCD projector. He sees a
strong need to bring current events into each of his courses (philosophy, and
world issues), and to bolster the "Choosing to Participate" aspect of the scope
and sequence. He plans to spend fifteen
minutes each day looking at the news. He
hopes that, in a Facing History classroom, this access to information will
influence students' achievement.
Nehemiah Bacumuwenda,
National Curriculum Center, Kigali, Rwanda
Nehemiah is a curriculum developer at the National
Curriculum Development Center in Rwanda.
She will use her award to travel to different Facing History classrooms
in Rwanda and document best teaching practices and lessons. The information she collects will be made
available to Facing History teachers all over Rwanda as another form of
professional support and information sharing.
Jean-Leonard Buhigiro,
Kigali Institute of Education, Kigali, Rwanda
Jean Leonard is a lecturer in history at the Kigali
Institute of Education and has attended Facing History seminars in Rwanda and
London. Jean Leonard will use his award
to fund a workshop for twenty-five pre-service history teachers from KIE,
focused on teaching genocide using Facing History resources and pedagogy in the
Rwandan context.
Milton Phangwa,
Vusisizwe Secondary School, Worcester, South Africa
Milton teaches history at a school in the Western Cape
Province of South Africa. His history
course uses Holocaust and Human Behavior as a foundational case study,
and then moves into a study of South Africa's history of apartheid. Milton has created a project about
anti-refugee and immigrant violence that has plagued the country, including the
school's area. His students will
interview local people, including refugees and local government people.
Philippa Bleach,
Leighton Park School, Reading, England
Philippa is a history teacher at a Quaker School in Reading,
England. The school uses Facing History
resources and methods throughout its history curriculum, as well as in
extra-curricular assemblies, clubs and programs. Philippa's award will go toward funding
resources for a Facing History library at the school, as well as a speaker
series in the school's Facing History Club.
Daniel McShane,
The Bytes Project, Belfast, Ireland
Daniel is a youth worker at the Bytes Project in Belfast,
Northern Ireland. Daniel will use his
award to fund a seven-session workshop entitled "Just Citizens" with
homeless youth. The workshop will use
Facing History resources and pedagogy focusing on youth and citizenship, and
also award qualifications (credits) to participants which will help them in
their education and road to employment.
Clint Lovell, Eastview
Secondary School, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Clint Lovell is a teacher in Barrie, Ontario, sixty miles
north of Toronto. Clint will use his
award to take his students to Toronto to see the play, "Noah's Great
Rainbow," about the relationships between a Holocaust survivor and a
survivor of the Rwandan genocide. Clint has attended a Facing History workshop
on the play.
Jack is a history and religion teacher at United Synagogue Day School in Toronto. He will use his award to build a library of historical fiction and youth survivor accounts of the Holocaust, for his own classes as well as for a colleague who teaches English. This library will be put to use in 8th grade Jewish History-a year-long course on the Holocaust-and in the 8th grade English and Judaic Studies Program.
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