American History Central Ms. Ritzheimer's Home Page

Welcome to Ms. Ritzheimer's home page.

I am currently teaching an Advanced Placement U. S. History class for 11th and 12th grade students.  I am also the Classrooms for the Future Coach for the Pine Grove Area High School.

To contact me email britzheimer@pgasd.com or call 570-345-2731.

My Background

Education

1974   Millersville State College   Millersville, PA

• B. S. in Education, Magna Cum Laude
• Delta Phi Eta Honor Sorority
• Louis Koppel Memorial Award in European History

1978   Millersville State College   Millersville, PA

• MA in History
• Thesis with Honors: John L. Lewis and the Coal Strike of 1943

Professional Experience

Social Studies Facilitator/Classrooms for the Future Coach

• Social studies teacher at Pine Grove Area High School since 1974
• Social Studies Facilitator
• Classrooms for the Future Coach for the high school (working with the high school faculty to integrate 21st Century teaching methods into the traditional classroom)
• Dual enrollment instructor in U. S. history for Lehigh Carbon Community College 

Professional Memberships

• Middle States Council for the Social Studies
• Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies
• Professional Teachers Association of the Foundation for Teaching of Economics
• National Council for History Education

Continuing Scholarship

• More than 36 credits beyond my MA at a number of colleges and universities
• Advanced Placement Teacher Workshop---August 2000
• Bill of Rights Institute Summer Institute for Teachers (George Mason University)---July 2001
• Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs "The American Revolution and the Founding of the New Nation" (Ashland University)---June 2002
• Foundation for Teaching of Economics "Economic Forces in American History" (Williamsburg)---July 2003
• Foundation for Teaching of Economics "The Environment and the Economy Institute"  (Portland, ME)---August 2004
• Teaching American History Summer Institute "w. E. B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement" (University of Delaware)---July, 2005
• Landmarks in American History: The Hermitage  (Middle Tennessee Sate University)---June 2006
• Landmarks in American History: Old Fort Niagara (Niagara University)-July 2006
• Landmarks in American History: The U. S. Farm in American History (Western Michigan University)---July 2007
• Landmarks in American History: The Blue Ridge Parkway and Its History (Appalachian State University)--July 2008
• Landmarks in American History: Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution (UMass Lowell)---July/August 2008

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