Byspecial invitation, Orbie Smith, curriculum specialist at Pee DeeElementary School, was a guest presenter for a nationwide gathering ofselect teachers at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, duringthe month of June.  Smith presented at the United Nations Educational,Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s Annual National Meeting.

Duringa seminar titled Transatlantic Slave Trade Educational Project:Breaking the Silence, Smith shared how to integrate children’sliterature into the teaching of elementary social studies. In a secondseminar titled Beyond Amistad: The African American Struggle forCitizenship sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities,teachers learned how to utilize primary documents to make history comealive for students.

While in NewHaven, Smith and other teachers participated in learning trips focusedon local history, visited the Noah Webster house, and toured a replicaof the Amistad ship prior to its departure to travel for theTransatlantic Slave Trade.

Want to know more? Email Smith at osmith@pde.hcs.k12.sc.us.