Maggie+Peterson



I'm Maggie Peterson. I am a senior at Clemson University majoring in secondary school education major with a concentration in history. I am currently student teaching at Palmetto High School in Williamston, South Carolina with Coach Alexander. Once I graduate, I would love to have my own middle or high school history class. I cannot wait to be a full time teacher and help students reach a better understanding of history. In my spare time, I love to go to Clemson Football games and spend time with my friends and family.

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How I Might Use a Wiki in My Classroom
This Wiki will allow students to form small groups to create a Wiki Page on a particular branch of government. Students will have to define their branch, explain the checks and balances of their branch, find a video demonstrative of their branch, and find pictures representative of their branch to include in their Wiki Page. The students are also asked to post a question on the Wiki Pages of the other two branches, which must be answered by the group as a whole. Students will use this project to learn more about the branches of our federal government.

Here is a link to the wiki page: Three Branches of Government

[|World War II Human Rights]
My partner Ben Tyler and I created a WebQuest in which students will be asked to research Concentration Camps from the Holocaust, Japanese POW Camps in the Pacific, and Japanese Internment Camps in America. Students will be asked to write a script as an unbiased news crew and perform a news broadcast covering the three different types of camps.