Samuel J. Richards Introduction
This fall I will begin my fifth year teaching in Wicomico County, Maryland at Pittsville Elementary/Middle School. My students are drawn from four small towns and the countryside in between. I teach World History to every 8th grader in the building and also team teach a Reading/Language Arts class. In addition to my duties at Pittsville, I teach one section of "World History since 1500" at Salisbury University in the evening.
I am a native of a small coal town in the hills of southwestern Pennsylvania (south of Pittsburgh). My parents and younger brother still live there. I did my undergraduate work in social studies/history at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and later finished an M.A., history, at Salisbury University here on the shore. I have been pretty fortunate to experience travel through work. I completed part of my student-teaching in suburban London and studied at the University of Nottingham in summer 2006 as part of a National Endowment for the Humanities teacher seminar.
When I'm not working, I enjoy reading, hiking, running, and cycling. Oh, and don't forget the occasional chance to sit on the beach!