Tidbits+about+Ms.+Vita


 * Ms. Vita has a B.A. in History with Social Studies Certification from Messiah College (1996).
 * Ms. Vita taught in Queens, NY at Townsend Harris High School (1997-1998).
 * Ms. Vita took graduate coursework in American Indian History at the University of Wyoming (1998-2000).
 * Ms. Vita taught on an Indian Reservation in Zuni, New Mexico (2000-2003).
 * Ms. Vita currently teaches at Penn Manor HS (since Fall 2003)

Ms. Vita loves to create lesson plans that get students ACTING and THINKING like HISTORIANS!!! She also wants to share these ideas with other teachers and students! One of her lessons was web-published by Professor Matt Pinsker of Dickinson College. She made a lesson on a runaway slave who became part of a strong vigilance committee. The lesson is entitled [|BOLD DEFIANCE AND DISSENT IN THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD]

Ms. Vita has also had the opportunity to web-publish lessons on [|Explorepahistory.com]

Ms. Vita also teaches Social Psychology and started the AP Psychology course at Penn Manor High School. She is an assistant Varsity Track and Field coach. See her [|glogster page here].