of St. John the Divine, Harlem,

Metropolitan Museum of Art,

Time Square, and Ground

Zero.

Included in the trip will be

Deluxe Motorcoach transpor-

tation, two nights lodging in

Manhattan, Private Security

guard at the hotel, 5 Meals,

snacks, admission and all

gratuities.

Entourage Management will

handle all arrangements and

accommodations. In addition

Entourage will provide a per-

sonal tour director for the trips

entirety.

Trip dates will be October 2

–6, 2011. The entire cost of

the trip is $859 and is open to

any 2010 or 2011 AP Social

Studies Student.

For the first time in 5 years,

we have decided it was time to

offer students a hands on

experience of a lifetime. In

years past we have afforded

AP Social Studies students the

opportunity to visit Washington

DC. This year we decided to

take a bite out of the big ap-

ple, that’s right, New York City.

Just hearing the name con-

jures up all sorts of images in

your head—skyscrapers,

Broadway, Time Square, the

Statue of Liberty, cabs honking

and more! A trip to the city is

always unforgettable and will

be filled with incredible mo-

ments that will be remem-

bered forever!

Highlights of the trip in-

clude: Ellis Island and the

Statue of Liberty, a guided city

tour through NYC, visits to

sites such as Battery Park, St.

Patrick’s Cathedral, Rockefel-

ler Center, the Garment Dis-

trict, Grand Central Station, A

Broadway Show, The Dakota

House, Central Park, Cathedral

Both AP US History and AP

European History students

were given the opportunity to

experience the AP Exam under

realistic conditions on Satur-

day, February 26 from 8:30—

2:00.

Over 50 students showed

up to test their abilities and

better prepare themselves for

the real exam which is offered

during the first week of May.

On this day students took a

college board released exam

which included Multiple

Choice, Free Response and

Document Based Questions.

Upon completion of the exam,

students then discussed with

teachers appropriate answers

to the writing portion as well

as commonly missed multiple

choice questions.

In addition a make-up ses-

sion was hosted for those un-

able to attend and 13 stu-

dents attended that session.

T a k i n g a B i t e o u t o f t h e B i g

A p p l e

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

• AP Trip to New

York City

• Summer Training

• Department PD

• Project TAHOE

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Taking a Bite Out of The Big Apple

1

Weekend AP Practice 1

Weekend PD 2

Leonard to NCHE 2

AP Training 2

Project Tahoe Page 3

About Us 4

W e e k e n d A P P r a c t i c e s a B i g

S u c c e s s

A B O U T O U R D E P A R T M E N T

Graves County High School Social Studies Quarterly

1st Quarter 2011 Volume 1, Issue 1

Barry Leonard and Jennifer

Hunter participated in a so-

cratic circle discussion of the

book Liberty and Order:the

First Party Struggle by Lance

Banning. The discussions

were led by Todd Estes,

Ph.D., Associate Professor,

Department of History, Oak-

land University, Rochester,

Michigan. Dr. Estes facili-

tated the discussions of 14

educators from across the

state, including elementary,

middle, high school and Uni-

versity teachers. The teach-

ers spent 14 hours discuss-

ing in depth views of the

founding fathers, Washing-

ton, Madison, Hamilton, Jef-

ferson, Adams and various

other letters and speeches to

analyze the founding of

America's first political par-

ties. Participants responded

to questions from Dr. Estes

from the documents found in

Liberty and Order and devel-

oped rationales of how and

why political parties formed

and how they play a major

role in American government

today. Jennifer and Barry

attended 6 different 90 min-

ute sessions.

For more information on

events hosted by the

McConnell Center visit

their website at

http://louisville.edu/

mcconnellcenter/ or for

conferences hosted by the

Liberty Fund, Inc. at

http://

www.libertyfund.org/.

We anticipate this new

course will help fill the eco-

nomic gap in our curriculum

both in AP and regular educa-

tion courses.

In addition, Ed Richard

and Scott Bradley will be

attending courses for AP US

History. This will be a re-

Five social studies teach-

ers are taking time out of

their summer to advance

their knowledge and skills in

high level social studies

courses.

Rebecca Sealock will be

attending a week long train-

ing in AP Macroeconomics.

fresher for Ed and a new

certification for Scott.

Jennifer Hunter will be

getting her AP European cer-

tification while at the same

time Lee Watson will be at-

tending a refresher for AP

Psychology.

tor Daniel Lonsway and mas-

ter teacher Patricia Lassiter

will also attend the three day

event where several topics

will be discussed focusing on

19th century American his-

tory. Barry and his fellow col-

leagues will participate in

various classes and activities

that will be shared with the

32 other TAHOE teachers

during mid April meetings.

NCHE offers a variety of

classes taught by master

teachers, authors, professors

that share and demonstrate

how to use and access a wide

range of both primary and

secondary sources.

Barry Leonard history teacher

at GCHS will join four other

TAHOEID colleagues in

Charlestown SC to attend the

National Council of History

Educators convention. Tahoe

teaching American history

opportunity in education in

depth has three lead teach-

ers, one for elementary, one

for middle school and one for

high school. The project direc-

T w o T e a c h e r s H e a d t o W e e k e n d P D

F i v e S o c i a l S t u d i e s T e a c h e r s G e t

A d v a n c e d T r a i n i n g

P a g e 2

B a r r y L e o n a r d O f f T o N C H E

“Focusing on

19th Century American

History”

G r a v e s C o u n t y H i g h

Education, the Teaching American

History (TAH) grant program awarded

the WKEC one million dollars in the

fall of 2010 to implement TAHOE ID to

14 school districts in far western Ken-

tucky. The overall goal of TAHOE ID is

to improve, strengthen, and enhance

content knowledge of U.S. history

teachers in order for them to offer

effective instruction in their class-

rooms.

Highlighted outcomes of profes-

sional development formats include a

minimum of 140 annual hours of in-

tensive professional development

activities in American history content

and classroom applications, including;

presentations by

distinguished profes-

sors and historians,

historic site visits,

literary circles, sum-

mer institutes, and

technology integra-

tion workshops.

lectures, two literary circles

and one webinar. Both literary

circles were presented by Con-

stance Alexander, one being

held at Green Turtle Bay and

the other at the Historic

Adsmore house in Princeton.

The lectures were presented

by the Kentucky Humanities

Council and Kathy Callahan

respectively. More informa-

tion can be found on these

events at:

So far in

2011 Scott

Bradley, Jenni-

fer Hunter,

Barry Leonard

and Ed Richard

have attended

five profes-

sional develop-

ments adminis-

tered by WKEC and Project

TAHOE. Events included two

G C H S S o c i a l S t u d i e s i n

P r o j e c t T A H O E

T A H O E E v e n t U p d a t e

P a g e 3 V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1

TAHOE In-depth is a professional

growth program for U.S. history and

social studies teachers designed and

administered by the West Kentucky

Education Cooperative (WKEC).

Funded by the U.S. Department of

A B O U T O U R D E P A R T M E N T

Terry BirdsongTerry BirdsongTerry BirdsongTerry Birdsong Years Experience: 16 years (4 at GC) Degrees: BA Speech Communications; Minors in both history and psychology; Masters in Administration School Extra Curricular: Head Boy's Basketball Coach

Family: Married to Melissa Birdsong... with 8 year old daughter

(Hastings)

Scott BradleyScott BradleyScott BradleyScott Bradley

Years Experience: 9 years all at GCHS

Degrees: AA Paducah Community College, BA History Murray State

University, MA Education Administration Murray State University

Other Certificates: AP Human Geography, AP European History and

National Board Certification

School Extra Curricular: Head Golf Coach, Department Chair, Lead-

ership Team and School TRT.

Family: Married to Penny Bradley with two daughters Lydia and

Khristain ElliottKhristain ElliottKhristain ElliottKhristain Elliott Years Experience: 11 Degrees: AA Shawnee Community College, BS Political Science Murray State University, MA Education Administration Murray State University Other Certificates: AP Human Geography, AP European History, AP United States History School Extra Curricular: Head Baseball Coach Family:Wife- Marta, Son-Karson, expecting another son in August

Becky SealockBecky SealockBecky SealockBecky Sealock Experience: 15 years of experience (9 years at Oakdale Junior High in Rogers, AR and 6 years at GCHS Degrees: BA History & Political Science (Arkansas Tech University) MA School Guidance & Counseling (Murray State University) Certifications: Social Studies 5-12; School Guidance and Counsel-ing K-12 Extra Curricular: member of the Site Based Decision Making coun-cil, and building representative for GCEA/KEA Family: Married to Jason Sealock, our son is Jett.

Barry LeonardBarry LeonardBarry LeonardBarry Leonard Years Experience: 12 (11 at GCHS) Degrees: AA Paducah Community College, BS History Murray State University, MS Education Administration Murray State University Other Certificates: AP Gov’t, AP U.S., AP European and National Board Certified. Family: Married to Kelly Leonard with one daughter Meagan

Lee WatsonLee WatsonLee WatsonLee Watson Years Experience: 14th years all at GCHS Degrees: BA Murray State; Masters of Education Murray State Other Certificates: AP World, AP Psychology School Extra Curricular: Head Volleyball Coach, Asst. Softball Coach Family: Married to Kathy, two children, Lee, Jr. daughter in law Shannon, Megan, Grandson Aiden

Lance GregoryLance GregoryLance GregoryLance Gregory Years Experience: 11 (2 at GCHS) Degrees: BA Union College/social studies/sp. Ed , MA University of the Cumberlands / administration. School Extra Curricular: Head football coach Family: Married to Allison Gregory, Two children Kaylee Jo (6) and Kaden (5)

Jennifer HunterJennifer HunterJennifer HunterJennifer Hunter

Years Experience: 7 total, all at GCHS Degrees: BA History and Social Sciences, MA School Guidance and Counseling; both from Murray State University, 2004 and 2008 Other Certificates: AP World, AP US History School Extra Curricular: Student Council Co-sponsor, Prom Co-sponsor, Varsity Academic Team Coach, Curriculum Committee secretary Family: Married to Eric Hunter with Max the lab :)

Ed RichardEd RichardEd RichardEd Richard Years Experience: 18 (All at GCHS) Degrees: BS History Murray State, MA Education (Administration) Other Certificates: AP U.S. History School Extra Curricular: Saturday School Director Family: Married to Mary Ann Richard, one daughter Lee Ann