Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, and Friends Beyond the Binary! Welcome to Humanities For Humans! I'm your teacher, Daniel Ayers, and I couldn't be happier to explore the humanities with you! 

As a full-time public school teacher with 5+ years of teaching experience, I have taught grades 6-12 in a vast array of topics (World History, US History, North Carolina History, Civics, Economics, Financial Literacy, Music, Songwriting, Public Speaking, etc.). 

I graduated summa cum laude from Roanoke College in 2017, earning a B.A. in History with a concentration in Peace and Justice Studies (Yay Gandhi!!). As an undergraduate, I studied ancient history in Greece and Scottish cultural identity in the United Kingdom, where I was honored to study as a Fulbright Scholar through the US State Department.

As your teacher, my mission is to show that "the past" is never truly past and that the world of our ancestors is our world, too! I use primary source analysis, curated slideshows, and group discussions to put students in conversation with history and personalize the past.

When I'm not teaching, I enjoy writing in my diary, hiking with my pup Arlo, songwriting, cooking, and presenting living history as a soldier from the American Revolution and the Civil War. 
My history hero: Abraham Lincoln. 
My mantra: "Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." Think about it ;)

See you in class!
-Daniel