Faculty Vita

Sarah Drake, M. A.

Academic Degrees

Certification/Licenses

Professional Experience

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

“Teaching About the U. S. Congress.” Co-authored with Thomas S. Vontz. ERIC Digest/ Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education. EDO-SO-2001-1.

“Teaching About the U. S. Presidency.” Co-authored with Thomas S. Vontz. ERIC Digest/ Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education. EDO-SO-2000-9.

“One Teacher’s Experiences with Student Portfolios.” Teaching History: A Journal of Methods (Fall 1998): 60-76. “Portfolio: A History of a Student Journey.” History Matters! Vol. 10, no. 10. (June 1998): 1, 7.

“An Alternative Assessment Strategy for World History Teachers and Students.” Aspen World History Handbook II: New Research and Lesser Known Tales, Habits of Mind, Lessons and Assessments. Edited by Marilynn Hitchens and Heidi Roupp. Aspen, Colorado: Aspen World History Institute, 1997. pp. 242-256. Co-authored with Frederick D. Drake and Lawrence W. McBride.

“Henry Kissinger’s Concept of Diplomatic Realism.” Orbit, Illinois State University, Fall 1995, pp. 32-39.

“Thomas Jefferson and James Madison: The Struggle for Liberty of Conscience in Revolutionary America.” Recounting the Past: A Student Journal of Historical Studies at Illinois State University, Illinois State University, Spring 1995, pp. 17-22.

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

National Council for the Social Studies

Indiana Council for the Social Studies

Illinois Council for the Social Studies

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations

National Council for History Education

Conference Presentations

“Microhistory and Historical Thinking: Promoting Cultural Justice,” NCSS Great Lakes Regional Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 2002. Presenter.

Education in Democracy for Social Studies Teachers: An Institute for Teacher Educators, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 2001. Graduate Student Assistant “The Use of Film in Teaching History in the Secondary School: The Plow That Broke the Plains,” Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, March 2000. Presenter.

“Oral History in the Classroom,” Ackerman Summer Institute, Purdue University, July 1999. Presenter.

“Student Portfolios in Alternative Assessment,” Indiana Council for the Social Studies, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 1999. Presenter.

Service/Outreach Projects

We the People…The Citizen and the Constitution District 10 Liaison Social Studies Development Center, Indiana University Fall 2000

We the People…The Citizen and the Constitution State Competition, Judge Indianapolis, Indiana, December 2000

Purdue University, Holocaust Conference Director, Students’ Program, 1998-2000

Wea Ridge Elementary School History Fair Judge, May 2000

Naperville North High School
United States History Team Leader, 1996-1997
United States History Team Representative- District Core Final Exam Creation, 1996-1998
School Improvement Plan, Literacy Committee, 1997-1998
School Improvement Plan, Interdisciplinary Committee, 1997-1998
Technology Committee, 1996-1998

Honors/Awards

Robert G. Bone Scholar (Illinois State University’s highest academic award)

Lucy Lucile Tasher Award for Outstanding Senior in History, 1995