MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A fourth-grade teacher in Jacksonville who found an Oregon history textbook was not enough for her students has expanded the state history curriculum on her own.
The Mail Tribune reports that Anna Meunier says she realized she needed more material and activities when a representative from a national textbook publishing company visited her classroom.
Meunier had been testing a 57-page Oregon history textbook for the Medford School District.
But the publishing representative told Meunier she was “sitting on a gold mine” of other information and activities she’d developed for fourth grade, the only level that includes a comprehensive history of Oregon.
Meunier and another teacher have since developed a 1,373-page state history curriculum for fourth-graders, complete with activities, study guides and tests. Now Medford is willing to share it statewide.
