Subtopic codes: History
Location codes: Parkville, Missouri
Region code: Midwest

Contact: Timothy.Westcott@park.edu

The presentation of history should connect the facts, individuals, and events with reflections and connections to the currency of global issues.  My presentations are highly engaging and participatory in nature.  Presentations are lecture format with question and answer sessions following each lecture.  Usually lectures are supplemented with technological materials.

Prepared speech topics include:

• General U.S. History
• "Bleeding Kansas"
• John Brown
• The Underground Railroad (Kansas Territory, Nebraska Territory and or Iowa)
• Women's Rights Movement in the 1850s (Kansas Territory)
• Utopian Communities (1840s-1850s)

Degrees and Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts, Avila University, History
• Master of Arts, University of Missouri-Kansas City, History
• Doctor of Philosophy, The Union Institute and University, History