Ms. Mac's U.S. History
  • Welcome To Ms. Mac's Class
    • Class Syllabus
    • Class Calendar
  • World History
    • Industrial Revolution
    • French Revolution
    • Haitian Revolution
    • World War I
    • Russian Revolution to Soviet Union
    • Chinese Revolution
    • World War II in Europe
  • U.S. History
    • Pre-Columbian America and The Columbian Exchange >
      • Pre-Contact America: Clovis Points
      • Pre-Contact America: Buffalo Hunts and Whaling
      • Pre-Contact America: Cahokia-The Corn People
      • Christopher Columbus
    • Colonial Era >
      • Juan Cabrillo and the San Salvador
      • Jamestown
      • Pilgrims, Puritans and Colonial Wars
      • Atlantic Slave Trade and Anti-Slavery Literature
      • Early American Military History
    • Founding Era >
      • American Revolution >
        • Declaration of Independence
        • The Continental Soldier
        • Rappin' the Revolution
        • Founding Fathers on Broadway!
      • Constitution >
        • Constitutional Convention
        • Bill of Rights
        • School Court Cases
        • COTUS Booklet
    • Slavery >
      • Virginia Slave Laws
      • Frederick Douglass
      • Atlantic Slave Trade and Antislavery Art and Poetry
    • Western Expansion >
      • Lewis and Clark >
        • Native Americans
        • Members of Corps of Discovery
        • Jefferson's Vision
        • Mind of Lewis and Clark
        • Corps of Discovery
        • Ethnography
        • Scientific Discoveries
        • Adventures
    • American Civil War >
      • Introducing, Mr. Lincoln >
        • Lincoln's Daily Life in Washington
        • Lincoln Essential Questions
        • Understanding Lincoln
        • Gettysburg Address and Henry V
        • Lincoln-Douglas Debates
      • Civil War Simulation >
        • Massachusetts 54th
        • Berdan Sharpshooters
        • Irish Brigades
        • Zouaves
        • Calvary
        • Artillery
    • Reconstruction and Greater Reconstruction
    • Gilded Age
    • World War I in America
    • Great Depression
    • WWII in the Pacific
    • Cold War
    • Vietnam War
  • Special Projects
    • Bayard Wilkeson Project
    • Ford's Theatre Oratory Project
    • National History Day
    • Hamilton! Lesson Using the Broadway Show >
      • Rappin in the Classroom
      • Founding Fathers on Broadway!
      • Hamilton Traveling Exhibit Activities
      • Hamilton Sign Up!
    • 9/11 History versus Memory
    • The South in American History
    • Books of Study >
      • McCullough's 1776
      • Ambrose's Undaunted Courage
    • Digital History
    • Distance Learning for ALL >
      • U.S. History-Spring 2020 >
        • April 13th-17th
        • April 20th-24th
        • April 27th-May 1st
        • May 4th-May 8th
        • May 11th- May 15th
        • May 18th-May 22nd
      • World Cultures-Spring 2020 >
        • April 13th-17th
        • April 20th-24th >
          • Marshall Plan
        • April 27th-May 1st >
          • The Kitchen Debate
        • May 4-8
        • May 11-15
        • May 18-May 22
    • Facing Crisis Head On
  • Contact

Feel free to email Ms. Mac at any time.

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Ms. MacMillan
lmacmillan@grantspass.k12.or.us
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                    Oregon History Teacher of the Year
           National Board Certified Teacher: Early Adolescence: Social Studies/History
Gilder Lehrman Teacher Advisory Group

National Council of History Education Teacher Advisory Board

Teaching Experience 
Grants Pass High School-Grants Pass, OR: United State History, World Cultures                                          2019-2021
Gilder Lehrman Institute-New York City, NY: Senior Education Fellow for Hamilton Education Program    2018-2019
    South Middle School-Grants Pass, OR: United States History, World History, Math                                      2000-2018    

Parkside Elementary-Grants Pass, OR: Fourth/Fifth Grade Loop                                                                   1997-2000
Redwood Elementary-Grants Pass, OR: Third Grade                                                                                      1996-1997
Burley Junior High-Burley, ID: Language Arts                                                                                                1995-1996
Pingree Elementary-Blackfoot, ID: Kindergarten                                                                                           1989-1990
Pinehurst Elementary-Kellogg, ID: Kindergarten                                                                                           1986-1987
Lincoln Elementary-Twin Falls, ID: Third Grade                                                                                             1984-1985 

Extra-Curricular Experience
Speech and Debate Team
Robotics

Builders Club
Bayard Wilkeson Project
Mandarin Chinese Language Club
Student Council
Special Olympics
Athletic Coaching-Swimming, Track, 
Basketball, Volleyball

Education  
Colleges:
       University of Idaho: 1978–1980 Engineering, NAIA Swimming All-American
       Boise State University: 1980-1981 Engineering
       Idaho State University: 1982-1984 Elementary Education – B.S.
 
Teaching Education Awards
National Council of History Education Teacher Advisory Board, 2020
Gilder Lehrman Institute Teacher Advisory Board, 2020
Jane Ortner Award, Grammy Museum-Historical Rap Lesson, 2018
Oregon State Award, Service to Education, Delta Kappa Gamma, 2016
Lincoln Forum Teacher Scholarship Award, Gettysburg College, 2015 
Oregon’s Civic Teaching Award-Bayard Wilkeson Project, Washington DC, 2014
“Understanding Lincoln” Teaching Award, presenting “Global Lincoln,” 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, Matthew Pinsker, Dickinson College, 2013
Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, Teacher Team creating “Taking Careful Observations,” Interactive Activity- Tools Lewis and Clark Used to Calculate Latitude, 2003
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Professional Development Leadership and Experience:
"A More Perfect Union" at Humboldt University, Master Teacher with Gayle Olsen-Raymer and Jack Bareilles, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
"The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass," Master Teacher with David Blight, Yale University, 2020
"How Literature Shaped History: Anti-Slavery Writers 1688-1865," Master Teacher with James Basker, Barnard College, 2020
"Facing Crisis Head-On, Pop-Up History School," Co-Teaching with Joe Welch, National History Teacher of the Year, 2020
World War I Centennial Commission Workshops, Master Teacher in Boise, Idaho, Anchorage, Alaska and Helena, Montana 2020 
"Connecting Collections" with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, and the Museum of Modern Art, 2019
“Civil War” with Gary Gallagher, University of Virginia, Master Teacher, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
"Hamilton and the Founding Era” with Richard Brookhiser, New York University, Master Teacher, 2016, 2019
"Slavery and Abolition" with Manisha Sinha, Columbia University, Master Teacher 2018
Monticello Teacher Institute's Barringer Fellow, Thomas Jefferson Foundation, 2017
Ford's Theatre Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Teacher Fellow, Civil War Washington, 2017
Oxbridge Academic Programs, Pembroke College at Oxford, England, Dean, 2016, 2017
 “Empires of the Winds,” Maritime Museum, San Diego, NEH Awardee, 2015
“Cold War” with Mitch Lerner, Ohio State University, Master Teacher, 2015
“Lewis and Clark: Epic Journey” with Elliott West, University of Montana, 2015, 2017 Master Teacher
 “Slave Narratives in American Literature” with David Blight, Yale, 2013 and 2014, Master Teacher
“Age of Lincoln” with Richard Carwardine, Oxford, England, Master Teacher, 2014
“Age of Reagan” with Steven Hayward, Reagan Presidential Library, Master Teacher, 2014
 “American Revolution” with Gary Nash at UCLA, Master Teacher, 2013
“American Southwest and the American Indian” with Elliott West, IAIA, Santa Fe, Master Teacher, 2012
“Race and Ethnicity in the Modern South,” Ted Ownby, University of Mississippi, Master Teacher, 2012
 “Freedom and Slavery in the Atlantic World” with Philip Morgan, Johns Hopkins, Participant, 2008
“Civil War in the Global Context” with Thomas Bender, New York University, Participant, 2006

Community Involvement: 
P.E.O.- Philanthropic Education Organization- Supports Women’s Education Scholarships for Local, National, and International Women and a Women’s Liberal Arts College, Local Chapter President, 26-year member
Urban Area Planning Commission- City/County Land Use Board, Chairman, 17 year member
Delta Kappa Gamma: Women’s Educational Sorority- Supports Local Educational Projects and Teachers, Vice President, 10 year member
Josephine County Cultural Trust- Supports and Funds Cultural Activities, Founding Member, Chairman, 12 year member
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 Professional Organizations:
AHA, American Historical Association since 2004
NCSS, National Council of Social Studies since 2006
OCSS, Oregon Council of Social Studies since 2006
OAH, Organizations of American Historians since 2008
NCHE, National Council of History Education since 2011
Lincoln Forum-Lifetime Member since 2015
UGA, Ulysses S. Grant Association since 2015
 
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