Elizabeth+Appel

Hi! I'm Lizzie Appel and I'm in my senior year at ** Michigan State .** I'll be graduating in May with a degree in IDS-Social Sciences, which pretty much means Social Studies. My hometown is **Brattleboro, Vermont** and over the past 4 years, Michigan has become a second home to me. I'm a huge **[|Geography]** buff and as a result, I often find myself explaining to my friends or new people about the Geography of New England, and explaining how all of the states are so small, and just how different things really are out there! While I love just about everything about New England, and Michigan is quickly growing on me I've always had an issue with cold weather and snow. As a result, I plan to spend my career in a warmer climate. I'm a proud member of the ** Red Sox Nation ** and love going to Fenway Park in Boston each summer!



During the past three Summers I have returned to New England to work at **The Bement School** in Massachusetts as a day camp counselor and a dorm parent in the evenings for students from Korea and China. It has been such a great program to work with because I got the chance to not only know the students in an academic setting, but also act as an older sibling for the students who were so far from home, and may be in need of someone to talk to.

I also love to travel, which I think ties directly with my major. History and Geography are all over the place, so what could be better than seeing historical places all around the world, while taking in new and different cultures! The best trips I've taken by far have been to ** China **, a road trip of the "Big Cities" from ** Philadelphia ** to ** New York City **, and ** New Orleans ** last spring!



As a future Social Studies teacher, I want to be sure to offer my students information on a wide range of topics and concepts through History, as well as be sure they leave my active classroom everyday feeling as though they have moved on to a higher level of knowledge on topics in Geography, History, Political Science/ Civics and Economics.

Sample Lessons Outlines: -- A Lesson outline focusing on September 11th, 2001. -- 9th Grade Geography unit lesson on the Amazon River -- A semester long outline for an elective focusing on the year 1968 through different "Scopes of History" -- Guided reading outline for chapter 3 of the Instructional Strategies for Social Studies course book. -- 8th Grade History class lesson plans for day 1 of 2 focusing on the Federalist Papers. -- A History of Halloween. Outline for students. --7th Grade Geography class lecture focusing on the 5 Themes of Geography