Welcome! Melissa Burleigh H318 Psychology: Period 2 World History: 1 st and 5 th Period

My Education Hatboro-Horsham Graduate-Class of 2001 Millersville University-Class of 2005 B. S. in Social Studies Education Arcadia University-Class of 2010 Masters in Education- Instructional Technology

My Teaching Experience Solanco School District-Swift Middle School th Grade Integrated Geography Central Bucks High School South CP and H Government, U.S. History and Economics Upper Merion Area Middle School th Grade U.S. History Samuel Fels High School World History and Psychology

My Philosophy It is my desire as an educator to help students meet their fullest potential by providing an environment that is safe, supports risk-taking, and invites a sharing of ideas. My role as a teacher is to provide students access to hands-on activities and allowing adequate time and space to use materials that reinforce the lesson being studied creates an opportunity for individual discovery and construction of knowledge to occur. I strongly support the Rigor, Relevance and Relationships framework I believe in hard work and personal responsibility. Incorporating technology into the classroom Open Communication

My Professional Responsibilities FBLA Advisor Red and Black Night-Black Team Facilitator 6-12 District Writing Committee Literacy Design Collaborative Penn Literacy Network

World History Curriculum World History is a required survey course that explores key events and global historical developments since 1450 C.E. Overview of World Religions Intro to World History-Seeds of Change Age of Revolutions and Reactions Age of Isms The World at War- WWI and Inter-War Years The World at War-WWII The Post World War-The Global Perspective

Skill-Based Assessment In addition to content we will be working on the following skills: Interpreting Primary and Secondary Sources Historical Context Intended Audience (Author’s) Purpose (Author’s) Point of View Outside evidence Map Skills Listening and Conversation Skills Literacy Skills-Authentic Research Methods, Close Reading, Argumentative Writing (writing for a purpose), Reading and Note-taking Annotations Topic taken from my Graduate Program-Penn Literacy Network-University Pennsylvania

Contact Information Best way to reach me HATS 3A-B Schoology