Primary Source Sophistry
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Nitro, West Virginia, United States
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Drew Wendt serves as Department Chair of Social Studies and Coordinator of Community Service while teaching AP Government, 21st Century Civics, and the community service classes at Nitro High School. In addition to participating in drafting the Content Standards and Objectives for the 12th Grade in West Virginia, he designed numerous online civics units for the State Department of Education and four separate problem-based learning frameworks.
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Nation of Joiners Alexis de Tocqueville Primary Source Reading
Using an excerpt from deTocqueville's examination of American democracy, students will examine associations in America and consider how citizens in a democracy impact their lives and government by freely joining together.
12th
Civics, Government
Marbury v. Madison Packet
Using political cartoons, crossword puzzles, script writing, and various other activities this packet guides students in understanding the elements of the case and the implications of judicial review established in Marbury v. Madison.
12th
Civics, Government
Gerrymander Research
Internet based assignment that guides students in exploring gerrymandering concepts.
12th
Civics, Government
Ex Post Facto Investigation
Students will read Blackstone's Commentaries and the notes on the Constitutional Convention to develop an understanding of why ex post facto laws would be expressly forbidden by the Constitution.
Allows students to explore why Bills of Attainder, Corruption of the Blood, and Ex Post Facto laws would be the only protections originally provided under the Constitution along with its requirement for Habeas Corpus.
12th
Civics, Government
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Experience
Drew Wendt serves as Department Chair of Social Studies and Coordinator of Community Service while teaching AP Government, 21st Century Civics, and the community service classes at Nitro High School. In addition to participating in drafting the Content Standards and Objectives for the 12th Grade in West Virginia, he designed numerous online civics units for the State Department of Education and four separate problem-based learning frameworks.
Teaching style
President Woodrow Wilson, when describing social studies instruction, gave us all the charge, “Your real and proper object, after all, is not to expound, but to realize it, consort with it, and make your spirit kin with it, so that you may never shake the sense of obligation off.” (1) By selecting some of the choicest conflicts found in contradictory primary sources, scaffolding student reading, and guiding our students with discussion we can reveal the principles and practices of American Government.
-(1) Woodrow Wilson, Princeton in the Nation's Service, The Papers of Woodrow Wilson October 21st, 1896
Awards & shining teacher moments
-James Madison Fellow
-Goethe Institute Fellow
-Karen Payne Award for Community Service 2006
-Gilder Lehrman Social Studies Teacher of the Year for West Virginia 2010
-Daughters of American Revolution Outstanding Teacher of American History 2013
My own education history
B.A. from the University of Charleston in social studies education with a minor in Leadership as a Welch Colleague
Nearly complete Masters in American History in Government from Ashland University as a James Madison Fellow
Additional biographical information
Hallmarks of my classroom instruction is the yearly mock trial where students become the lawyers, witnesses, and jury members all to win their case and a spot on the Wall of Fame. We are also working on a bill in the WV legislature.
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