NAME:
Linda L. Hammon
SCHOOL:
Canyon High School - New Braunfels
CLASSES:
Pre AP World Geography/AP Art History/AP Human Geography/Current World Issues
SCHOOL PHONE:
830-221-2400/email: geoteacher1973@yahoo.com
Ms Hammon has taught World Geography for 23 years with the last 13 being Pre-
AP World Geography. She holds the position of lead Pre-Ap geography
teacher. Ms Hammon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in geography and art,
and a M.Ed. degree in curriculum and instruction and applied geography. She
worked closely with the Texas Alliance for Geographic Education as a co-
editor of its newsletter for six years, as a member of the Steering
Committee, and as a teacher consultant for more than eleven years. She has
also done consulting work with the College Board for the last ten years.
She has been a reader for the AP Human Geography exam these past four
summers. In 1993, she received the National Council for Geographic
Education Distinguished Teaching Award. She attended the National
Geographic's Leadership Institute in Washington, DC in 1994. In 1995 and
1997, she earned the National Council for Geographic Education/CRAM awards
for exemplary classroom teaching. Also in 1997, she was selected as one of
10 teachers in the country to participate in Project Marco Polo. She and a
student toured Portugal, Morocco, Greece, and the Mediterranean on a US
Navy/National Geographic oceanic research vessel. In 1998, she was awarded
the Comal Independent School District Secondary Teacher of the Year, and in
1999, she received the Southwest Texas State University Geography Department
Distinguished Alumni award. In 2000,2002,2004,2005 and 2006 she was
recognized by Who's Who among America's Teachers. In fall of 2001, Ms
Hammon received the Texas Alliance for Geographic Education's Distinguished
Service award for her dedicated work on behalf of quality geographic
education in Texas schools. She is also a member of Rice University's
Nominators Circle. This Circle is designed to assist Rice in identifying
and reaching out to underrepresented students with various ethnic
backgrounds. In spring 2002, Ms. Hammon was one of two teachers in the
United States chosen to take part in a teacher exchange in Japan to develop
problem-solving lessons in geography. Ms. Hammon was named Akins Teacher of
the Year and Austin ISD High School Teacher of the Year for 2003. She was
one of 19 teachers chosen to do a study abroad program to Saudi Arabia in
May 2005. Ms Hammon was recently nominated for a Disney Teacher Award and is
a Texas Exes/Department of Education Outstanding High School Teacher Nominee
for 2006. In 2007 and 2008, she was recognized as an Outstanding Educator
for Comal ISD. Ms Hammon has taken student groups to Costa Rica, Europe,
South Africa in 2002, Peru in 2006 and Ecuador/Galapagos Islands in 2009. She
enjoys traveling, reading, landscaping, and of course, teaching!
"You Must Be The Change You Wish To See In The World"-Gandhi
