Ohio: Teaching Awards

We are proud to announce the 2007 Margot Stern Strom Cleveland Area Teaching Award recipients. In its inaugural year in Cleveland, the award, named after the organization's founder and executive director Margot Stern Strom, honors outstanding educators of Facing History and Ourselves and supports those educators in the implementation of projects related to the work of Facing History.

Educators in the Cleveland area from public and private schools who work with children in grades 6-12 and who have taken at least one Facing History and Ourselves seminar, workshop, or online course were eligible to apply for funding up to $3,000.
This year's recipients are:

SUSAN LEVITAN
Hathaway Brown School
8th Grade English

Susan received funding to help her create and equip a new 8th grade course applying Facing History themes to great works of literature. The course will include a culminating unit on the "Choosing to Participate" theme which will connect her students with Cleveland and larger world community.

TARA STORMS
Martin Luther King, Jr. High School
12th Grade English
New Classroom Resources for Civil Rights: A World View

Tara will obtain materials and technology for her senior seminar class "Civil Rights: A World View" to improve access to Facing History resources, heighten collaboration and encourage written reflection. Students will capture their own images of "propaganda in art" through a digital album or collage.