Welcome to the 2024-25 School Year!

Aloha everyone from Hawaiʻi.

My name is Isaac "Kealohapauʻole" Ahuna. Iʻm from Hilo, Hawaiʻi, but I am an 11th grade world history teacher at Kamehameha Schools - Hawaiʻi Campus.

Iʻll be teaching the WHP Origins to Present course this year (wish me luck)!

This is my "first" year as a world history teacher, but prior to this, I taught Hawaiian language at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. 

My subject areas of expertise are world and Hawaiian history, Hawaiian language and literature, and culture-based/language-based education and curriculum development. 

An interesting fact about me...I am returning to my alma mater to teach and contribute back to the school that fostered me to be where I am at today. 

I am looking forward to being here with you folks and learning from all of you!

Hello.

My name is John Vidoli. I am excited to be teaching 1750 this year. I'll be starting my first full year at Cleveland Heights High School.

My areas of expertise are World History and teaching writing.

When I lived in Italy, I owned a Vespa 150. A beautiful way to travel.

Hello everyone! 

I'm Adriane (she/her) and I will be teaching BHP as an interdisciplinary honors class to 10th grade students. This will be my 6th year teaching the course! I am entering my 10th year teaching in Brooklyn, NY in September! In my time as a teacher in Brooklyn, I have taught Global History (1700s-present day), a Global Research class (covering topics like pandemics, climate change, interconnection, and child labor), and leadership classes focusing on strengthening communication and peer to peer connections. An interesting fact about me is that I am a huge theater nerd! I love all things musical theater! Excited for what the year brings and can't wait to meet you all here in the new "Teacher's Lounge"! 

Hello amazing OER community!

My name is Tyrone Shaw. I live and teach in Washington, D.C. 

I will be teaching the WHP-AP and the Origins course this year.

My area of expertise is (AP) world history.

An interesting fact about me is that I am an avid follower of the world's royal families.

Hello everyone from QC, Arizona.  My name is Rebecca Sloat.  I have been a part of OER Project for about a little over 5 years now and love it.  I will be 3 sections of AP World History and I will use OER Project World 1200 for my two on level courses.  I LOVE WOrld history and have been teaching it for 11 out of my 12 years.  I have also taught US History, Holocaust Studies, Academic Intervention, Honors World, Computer Science and Technology, but World is my favorite by far!! 

One of my favorite OER lessons is from Unit 3, World Cafe.  The kids come up with some amazing recipes for this activity.  I even had a kid make his recipes for me and they were delicious!  I did make a rubric for it, it is linked in here somewhere, but if you need it, feel free to reach out.  

Interesting fact:  I am at a fairly new school, this will be our third year open and our first graduating class.  That being said, I have had the ability to dip my toe in several different activities and clubs.  This year, I am the Head Varsity Coach of Girls Flag Football.  I know nothing about it, but I get to work with a former student, who now teaches with me, to coach these amazing girls!

• Bryan Dibble
• Location- Selah, in Central Washington State (the desert side)
• OER Project Courses Teaching This Year- BiG HiStOrY three trimesters!  Little bit of World and AP (dual credit European History - history 105 from Eastern WA Univ)
• Subject Areas of Expertise - WWII, 20th Century, Current World Issues, and BHP
• Interesting Fact About You- I earned my jump wings at the Airborn Demonstration Team jump school, parachuting like a WWII Paratrooper!
• I've been heavily invested in this amazing OER community for three years.  30 years in education but learning new things everyday.  I'm an afficionado of AI too.

Hi all!  

I'm Angela Lee, from the suburbs of Boston.  I've been more of a lurker for many years on this site, but plan to be more involved this year.  I'm in my 26th year of teaching. 

I'll be teaching WHP-AP, and the Climate Project (toward the end of the year). I also teach 9th grade World, and plan to incorporate more OER Project materials there this year.   My area of expertise is AP World History, World War II, Chinese history. 

Interesting fact about me:  I've continued two of my pandemic hobbies - gardening and making kombucha. 

Hey y'all!

I'm Katie Raby (rhymes with baby). I live in Georgia with my husband, 5 year old daughter, 3 dogs, and 5 chickens. 

I'll be working on the AP World History: Modern OER Project.

This will be my 10th year teaching APWH, but I've also taught AP Euro, law, and contemporary issues. 

Interesting fact about me: I have a goal to visit all 50 states before I turn 40. Here's where I've visited so far!

Katie Raby thanks for the distraction. I am now going to play with this map for an hour. 

Ohh, and they have one for countries!  I'm with Tyrone,  Thanks for introducing us to this!