KATE HARRIS
Curriculum Design
Over the course of my career, I have sought out opportunities to collaborate with other teachers and develop new instructional materials. Below is some more information on those projects and links to materials produced. I have also recently started selling ready-to-implement materials via the website Teachers Pay Teachers.
I also have experience writing assessments. Between 2010 and 2015, I developed multiple-choice and constructed-response test items for various courses and subjects, as well as generating diagrams, maps, and other graphic content to be used with the questions. Finished items were distributed to state and local education departments for use in the classroom via TE21. Contact me for samples or more information.
Bringing the Great War Home: WWI & the American Battle Monuments Commission
Collaborated with teachers and historians to develop an I-book about teaching World War I and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Included research in the Meuse-Argonne region of France, and the individual development of a chapter using the ABMC’s maps, statistics, and readings as a classroom tool.
Desks and Deities
Created a professional and personal blog reflecting lessons developed and reflects on the teaching of an elective World Religions course, used as a resource and opportunity for networking with other educators.
Durham Public Schools Social Studies Unit Curriculum Writer
Developed unit plans for American History I and American History II courses, in preparation for a transition to a new curriculum. Generating lessons, resources, and background information for beginning teachers to use in unit implementation, and sharing finished units with colleagues. Check out one plan here and contact me for other samples.
Worked with a small group of teachers to study various topics in US History,including America's Growth (2013) and the Gilded Age (2012). We developed, wrote, and disseminated of lesson materials across the district after completion of the grant. See one of my sample lessons here.
Teaching American History: History Link and Durham Public Schools
The Jazz Loft Project & the Nasher Museum of Art
Worked with a small group of teachers and Nasher Museum of Art staff to develop curriculum materials to be used with the exhibition "The Jazz Loft Project: W. Eugene Smith in New York City, 1957-1965). See sample materials here.
Fulbright Summer Seminar Abroad to Mexico
In the summer of 2011, I participated in U.S. Fulbright Summer Seminar Abroad for teachers, which included a five-week visit to Mexico, studying culture, history, and the bilateral relationship with the United States. I focused on the areas where Mexican and United States history intersect, and developed a series of lessons in response.