Hello from Texas! Although I am currently residing in Texas, we move quite often and that has allowed me to have many different types of career experiences. I have tutored privately and through well-known organizations; taught in the public school classroom setting with a self-contained classroom (including 4th grade and Texas History); substituted and interned in private school classroom settings; instructed at the community college level (History); assisted with museum operations; and homeschooled my three munchkins. I have worked with early education all the way up to the community college level. My Bachelors is in childhood education with a Master's in American History. 

Homework Offered
Students will read the assigned sections independently, but I will be available via Outschool message system should questions arise.   Students must have the printouts handy during the class session and be prepared to discuss the assigned readings. 
0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered

Primary Source: "Explorers: Amazing Tales of the World's Greatest Adventurers" written by Nellie Huang

Supplemental Sources for the PPTs I will utilize in this course: 
Week 1: Pytheas, Leif Erickson & Zheng He: 
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1078/on-the-ocean-the-famous-voyage-of-pytheas/ 
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pytheas 
https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/02/pytheas-of-massalia-the-first-greek-to-reach-britain-and-the-arctic/ 
https://www.worldhistory.org/Leif_Erikson/
https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/leif-eriksson
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leif-Erikson
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zheng-He
https://www.britannica.com/summary/Zheng-Hes-Achievements
https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/zheng-he/
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1334/the-seven-voyages-of-zheng-he/
https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/history-exploration-i-ancient-and-classical 
http://www.seasky.org/ocean-exploration/ocean-timeline-5000bc-1bc.html 

Week 2: The Age of Exploration, Christopher Columbus, Voyage to the Americas & Vasco de Gama
https://www.britannica.com/topic/European-exploration/The-Age-of-Discovery 
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-was-the-age-of-exploration-or-the-age-of-discovery.html
https://www.history.com/topics/exploration
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Columbus
https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/christopher-columbus
https://www.biography.com/history-culture/christopher-columbus-day-facts
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vasco-da-Gama
https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/vasco-da-gama
https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/vasco-da-gama/
https://www.biography.com/history-culture/vasco-da-gama

Week 3: Ferdinand Magellan, The Dark Side of Exploration, James Cook & Jeanne Baret 
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-Magellan
https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/ferdinand-magellan
https://www.worldhistory.org/Ferdinand_Magellan/
https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/ferdinand-magellan/
https://www.historyextra.com/period/modern/age-of-exploration-bring-more-harm-than-good-americas-australia-columbus-captain-cook/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Cook
https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/james-cook/
https://www.biography.com/history-culture/james-cook
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cook_captain_james.shtml
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jeanne-Baret
https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/jeanne-baret/
https://www.womeninexploration.org/timeline/jeanne-baret/
https://www.sea.museum/2020/07/27/the-extraordinary-circumnavigation-of-jeanne-baret

Week 4: Bungaree, Matthew Henson, Roald Amundsen & Robert Falcon Scott & Scott's Supplies
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/bungaree/
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/sydneys-bungaree 
https://www.biography.com/history-culture/matthew-henson 
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/the-legacy-of-arctic-explorer-matthew-henson 
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Matthew-Henson/399967
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roald-Amundsen
https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/roald-amundsen/
https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/race-to-the-end-of-the-earth/amundsen/timeline
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Falcon-Scott
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/120117-scott-south-pole-anniversary-hundred-years-science
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/scott_of_antarctic.shtml
https://www.history.com/news/the-treacherous-race-to-the-south-pole

Week 5: Ernest Shackleton, Jacques Cousteau, Thor Heyerdahl & Barbara Hillary 
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernest-Henry-Shackleton
https://www.history.com/news/shackleton-endurance-survival
https://www.biography.com/history-culture/ernest-shackleton
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacques-Cousteau
https://www.biography.com/history-culture/jacques-cousteau
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/100611-jacques-cousteau-100th-anniversary-birthday-legacy-google
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-man-who-taught-humans-to-breathe-like-fish
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thor-Heyerdahl
https://www.kon-tiki.no/thor-heyerdahl/
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/19/world/thor-heyerdahl-dies-at-87-his-voyage-on-kon-tiki-argued-for-ancient-mariners.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/barbara-hillary-pioneering-african-american-adventurer-has-died-180973663/
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/hillary-barbara-1931/
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/27/us/barbara-hillary-north-south-pole-trnd/index.html

Week 6: Sylvia Earle, Robert Ballard, Ranulph Fiennes, & Sung-Taek Hong
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sylvia-Earle
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/real-world-geography-sylvia-earle/
https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/sylvia-earle/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Ballard-American-oceanographer
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/robert-ballard-man-who-found-the-titanic-cmd/index.html
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/real-world-geography-dr-robert-ballard/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ranulph-Fiennes
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/60/60th-icons.html
https://explorer-directory.nationalgeographic.org/sung-taek-hong
https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/natgeo-explorer-sung-taek-hong-returns-lhotse-south-face-fifth-attempt/