History Teacher Acquires the Tools to Help Students Dig Deep
Mr. Joseph Parrino, a teacher at Birchwood School of Hawken, is one of 120 teachers around the world selected for a National History Day (NHD) professional development program. The course focuses on using online Library of Congress resources to develop and support historical arguments.
National History Day Executive Director, Dr. Cathy Gorn, describes the honor saying, “The skills and strategies Mr. Parrino is developing through this series will benefit his students over the course of their academic and professional careers. As a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium member, NHD is incredibly fortunate to be able to offer this opportunity for teachers, especially now as teachers and students continue to address challenges of non-traditional learning settings required by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.”
The months-long course will have Mr. Parrino collaborating with his peers around the country and NHD staff to build knowledge for teaching with online Library of Congress resources. The goal of the series is for teachers to be able to share with students key strategies for researching, supporting and presenting historical arguments bolstered by these primary resources.
National History Day is a non-profit organization that seeks to improve the teaching and learning of history. Created in Ohio in 1974, NHD holds contests each year that engage more than half a million students in conducting original research on historical topics of their interest. Birchwood, founded in 1984, has participated in NHD programs since its inception, with Mr. Parrino participating as a student in its early days. So, Birchwood is incredibly proud of the wealth of knowledge and experience he brings to his daily teaching as well as his ongoing learning.
Read the announcement of Mr. Parrino’s selection for this program from National History Day here: https://bit.ly/3chDhul
