OC for Social Studies 2020

Hajra is about to begin her twentieth year teaching in a large urban district. She has learners of diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and teaches at a STEM high school focusing on engineering and biomedical sciences.

Rachel Hansen teaches in Iowa, where she and her students like to wear flannels on Fridays and name their class plants. She’s taught the Big History Project for six years and serves as a teacher leader for the program. Rachel is also a National Geographic Explorer whose work focuses... Read More →

Sarah Anderson is an educator, curriculum writer, and author of the book Bringing School to Life: Place-Based Education across the Curriculum. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where she is the place-based education coordinator for the Cottonwood School of Civics and Science.

Laura teaches African and world history and is a Provost’s Teaching Fellow at UC Irvine. She strives to make sense of early-modern societies in a digital age, and to make history accessible to diverse audiences. She is the President of the World History Association. Her research... Read More →