S Hill is a classroom history and language arts educator with over fifteen
years of successful and varied experiences. After his Honorable service in the
Marines as an infantryman from 1986-1992, Hill attended East Carolina
University and earned a BA and an MA in History. Currently, he teaches history
classes in North Carolina at the high school and university levels; he is part
time faculty at East Carolina University. Summer “vacations” find Hill leading
educational tour groups overseas to Europe, teaching U.S. Naval personnel, or
teaching at East Carolina University.
Employment and Studies
1968 – born and reared in the city of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .
1986 – graduated high school;
1986 – 1992 United States Marine Corps: infantry, Honorable
Discharge
1992-1996 East Carolina University: full time
student
1996-2001 Rare
books: appraiser, and purveyor
1998-present North Carolina Public Schools; J.H. Rose H.S.
(full time, history teacher)
2006-present Pitt
Community College : (part
time, night class instructor)
2007-present East Carolina University (part time, night
class instructor)
2006 summer Central Texas College: History Instructor
aboard USS Pinckney (DDG 91) Hawaii
2008 summer Central Texas College: History Instructor
aboard USS Momsen (DDG 92) Middle East
2009 summer Army Special Forces: Operations Robin Sage,
guerilla.
2010-present summer sessions History classes taught at
East Carolina University
Teaching Experience and Awards
K-12 and College
-- Middle School: Remedial Reading Coach grades 6-8 and 8th
grade Language Arts
-- High School
- Latin I, II, III, AP
- United States History
- World History
- AP European History and AP WORLD
History
- Athens/Rome Summer Educational Trips,
EF Tours (2003 and 2004, 2006)
-- Colleges
and Universities: Pitt Community College, East Carolina University, Central
Texas
College (US Navy)
- World Civilizations I and II (2005
to present)
- United States History I and
II (2006 to present)
--
Education Abroad
- since 2003, I have led five student groups to Europe:
Netherlands, Italy, Greece, and France.
--
Exchange Students
- have hosted several students from
France and Germany
--International
Exchange Coordinator: I facilitate placement of foreign exchange students in
our country.
Awards, Recognition,
Accomplishments
--
National Board Teacher Certification (2003, first attempt) Recertified 2013. (First
attempt)
--
Katherine Paine McConnell Teaching Excellence Award (2006)
--
NAVY Commendation for Teaching Leadership (2008)
--
nominated for Teacher of the Year, often.
Publications
--Fountain Publishing Company--“Behind
the Names: A History of Pitt County School Names”
Fountain Publishing Company, Fountain North
Carolina, 2010.
--NC
Museum of Art: online lesson plan written and accepted
--NC ART News: research on WPA Murals in NC digitally
published along with lesson plan
Education
East Carolina University
--
BA, History (1996); minor English Literature; 24 credit hours in Latin GPA: 3.5
-- MA,
History (2005); 140 page Master’s thesis successfully written and defended.
-- thesis topic: Case Study of
Entrepreneurship in American Business History
Educational Seminars, training, and
talks led by Mr. Hill
-- Grenville NC Museum of Art
/ GMA Art Talk – November 20, 2013Taught a day-long seminar to about
30 public high school Social Studies and Art teachers at the Greenville Museum
of Art. “Using Art as Documents in the Classroom” November 2013
-- North Carolina Council for
Social Studies. Greensboro--February 20-21, 2014. “ThingLink: Using Art
& Visuals to Promote Historical Thinking”
-- North Carolina English
Teachers Association: NCETA Spring Literacy Symposium Rocky Mount
High School, NC, March 1, 2014: “Visual
Literacy: 21st Century Cross Curricular Methods”
-- J.H. Rose High School
Faculty Meeting:, March 5, 2014: “Using Art to Promote Literacy”
-- North Carolina Museum of
Art: Summer of 2014, Examine how the visual arts can create a more varied learning environment for teachers and students. Gain a better understanding of document-based questions (DBQ), and learn how to implement art as primary or secondary documents in history, social studies, and humanities classrooms. The workshop includes experiences in the permanent collection as well as hands-on projects. Registration required. Earns 0.5 CEU.
Military Experiences
United States Marine Corps
(1986-1992)
--
USMC Embassy Guard in Bucharest, Romania, during the 1989 Revolution.
--
USMC Amphibious Recon School; combat team leader
--
USMC Scout Sniper School and STA Platoon; designated shooter.
-- Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield, 1991.
--
Various Duty Stations: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Hawaiian Islands, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Mediterranean Sea and
adjoining countries.
--
Operation Robin Sage, Guerilla: 2009
--
US Navy; civilian history course instructor onboard USS Momsen and USS
Pinckney. 2006, 2008.
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