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NAME:
Mr. Bair
SCHOOL:
Bosque School
CLASS:
9th Grade Ancient World History
SCHOOL PHONE:
898-6388 #120
David Bair teaches ninth grade Ancient World History and Student Government.
He has taught United States and World History as well as Advanced Placement
World History for the past 14 years. He has also taught Fine and Advertising
Arts as well as a Humanities block. David is a National Board Certified
teacher and holds a bachelor’s degree in Secondary Social Studies and Fine
Arts. In the past eight years he has traveled with his students throughout
Europe as a historical guide and mentor. He helps facilitate the student
leadership program for Operation Smile, which is an international organization
that benefits medical treatment of children and adults with facial
deformities. Last year David had an opportunity to travel with a Bosque
student to Kolkotta, India on an Operation Smile Medical Mission. He enjoys
playing guitar, hiking, backpacking, fly-fishing, and spending time with his
wife and two children.
Why do we study history? This question sits at the foundation of this course.
“History opens… the immense range of approaches people have taken to
political, economic, and social life, to personal integrity and salvation, to
cultural creativity,” and it is the viewpoint that it is important “to know
how people lived and what they thought at least as much as what they did” that
drives this course. In 9th grade, we study early human development and the
ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, and China.
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