Elaine Pierce

I have a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Houston - Clear Lake. I obtained a Texas State teacher's certificate and taught history and other social sciences for four years before becoming a stay-at-home mom. I now homeschool my children, and tutor with a local Classical Conversations group. I love history, and thoroughly enjoy sharing it with my students. I hope to bring history alive, and quicken the students' thinking on moral, social, and religious themes throughout history.

10th-12th: Eyewitness Accounts: 20th Century World History

We will study the world history in the 21st Century through reading exclusively eye witness accounts of the major events of the century. We will be reading the book The 20th Century: Eyewitness Accounts of the Moments that Shaped Our Century edited by Jon E. Lewis. I...