Todd A. Callaway
Mr. Callaway
My vision as a teacher is to create a learning environment that promotes creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. I strive to foster meaningful relationships with my students, inspiring them to reach their fullest potential, and equipping them with the skills and knowledge to become active, engaged citizens in their communities.
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." Muhammad Ali
After working more than 20 years as a reporter, editor, and photographer in the newspaper industry, I turned to another passion – education.
This passion began in high school and continued through my years at Brevard College, Clemson University, and the University of Southern California, where I earned my Associate’s, Bachelor’s, and Master’s degrees.
I am a first generation college graduate. I grew up in a small farming community in Davie County North Carolina where I worked on a dairy farm. I am certified to teach both History and English. At Buncombe County Early College I teach Honors American History and World History.
I enjoy the outdoors, live music, reading, writing poetry, and college football – Go Tigers!
This course is an exploratory examination of history from the early civilization through the modern era. Along the way we will uncover information about the Greeks, Romans, Renaissance, Industrial Revolution, World Wars and many other time periods in history. You will develop a greater understanding of the global processes and contact, including interactions over time. The course highlights the nature of changes in international frameworks and their causes and consequences, as well as comparisons among major societies.
This course begins with the French and Indian War (1753) and will end through the latest Presidential Election. We will examine through various means the historical and intellectual origins of the United States from colonial exploration and settlement to the Revolutionary and Constitutional eras, including the important political, economic, and social factors contributing to our nation’s founding. As a new nation is conceived and established, it is not without growing pains. A recurring theme throughout the course is the Founding Ideals (democracy, equality, liberty, opportunity, and rights) We will learn and analyze how these themes have defined our nation’s development and evolution. We will also examine the growth of our nation in varying contexts: the formation/impact of political parties, the age of reform, westward expansion, sectional disagreements, Civil War, World Wars, and modern events.