Projects
Protecting Nebraska Waters
This interdisciplinary curriculum focuses on developing youth civic engagement and spreads awareness of how poor water quality affects community health. Included are lessons in disciplines such as agriculture science, biology, chemistry, civics, economics, English language arts, environmental science, and geography.
Nebraska Stories of Humanity
The Nebraska Stories of Humanity: Holocaust Survivors & WWII Veterans, Network Portal & Educational Website aims to centralize access to the history of Nebraska Holocaust survivors and WWII liberators of Nazi camps in a collection of searchable stories in aggregate. The site includes testimony, geographical and primary historical resources, documentation, and photos collected or harvested from local and disparate sources. Various tools enhance these stories through technologies such as digital story maps, access to testimonies, and network analysis of these individuals who were connected to and involved in their Nebraska communities. The project engages individual contributors, local stakeholder organizations, and national and international repositories.
Tasks that I have completed for this project comprise:
- Development of original inquiry-based lessons tailored to project requirements.
- Editing and refining curricula in alignment with the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework standards.
- Contributing to the design and implementation of a research study, including data collection, aimed at examining teacher experiences with piloting the curriculum linked to the digital archive.