JACKSON TEACHER PARTICIPATES IN SUMMER HISTORY PROGRAM

JACKSON -- Kyle Mabuce, a history teacher at Jackson Junior High School recently returned from a one week National History Day Summer Institute at the University of Maryland, north of Washington, D.C.

Mabuce was the Missouri representative to the institute, and one of only 24 participants selected.

He was nominated for the award by Dr. Frank Nickell, area History Day coordinator, for his work in initiating and promoting a successful History Day program in the Jackson schools. Nickell also directs the Center for Regional History at Southeast Missouri State University.

The focus of the institute was "Turning Points in History," the theme of the History Day competition for 2000. Participants focused on the Civil War.

The week included lectures from nine distinguished scholars of the Civil War, field trips to Civil War battlefields in the District of Columbia area, panel discussions, and private tours of the White House and the National Archives.