Thursday, April 22, 2010
N/Warren Town and County News
Page Eleven
Augspurger Named DAR Outstanding History Teacher
Saturday, April 3, the
Jean Marie Cardinell
Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolu-
tion (DAR) awarded Mark
Augspurger their Out-
standing History Teacher
award and forwarded his
nomination on to the State
DAR for consideration.
Augspurger teaches
history at Norwalk Middle
School where he is the
head of the K-12 social
studies department as a
part of the district curricu-
lum council. He holds
memberships in the Na-
tional and Iowa Councils
for Social Studies and is
part of the leadership team
adopting and implement-
ing the new Iowa Core
Curriculum.
Augspurger is from
Bloomfield originally and
graduated from Davis
County Community High
School where he was a
member of the bqational
Honor Society. He gradu-
ated from Simpson Col-
lege with a double major
in History and Political
Science with Secondary
Education. In college, he
was awarded the E.G.
Booth Award which is an
award given for character
and athletic achievement
by a student in Education.
He was also given the Se-
nior History Award for an
Outstanding History Ma-
jor.
The purpose of the
DAR Award is to recog-
nize a notable, full-time
teacher of American His-
tory (and related fields,
Norwalk Middle School teacher, Mark Augspurger,
left, was presented Outstanding History Teacher
Award by DAR member Libby Mineart, Committee
Chairperson. Photo submitted.
such as social studies, gov-
ernment and citizenship
education) in public, pri-
vate and parochial schools,
grades 6-12. The candidate
must have taught school
during the academic years
2008-2009 and 2009-2010;
teach in the State that spon-
sors the candidate, have an
incisive knowledge of
American History that he/
she readily shares with
students, foster a spirit of
patriotism and loyal sup-
port of our country and
constitutional govern-
ment, demonstrate the
ability to relate history to
modern life and events,
have high academic stan-
dards, require excellence
at all times from students
and be committed to his/
her students and enjoy
good rapport with them.
In his classroom,
Augspurger teaches the
foundations of the Ameri-
can system, including
Athenian Democracy, the
Roman Republic and the
ideals of the Enlighten-
ment and the American
Revolution. He stresses to
the students how they are
unique, as not every place
in the world has this form
of government. He teaches
his students to appreciate
the power of the past and
the relevance it has to their
lives as local, national and
world citizens.
Upon receiving his
award, Augspurger com-
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