Matthew B.
Private tutor in Bothell, WA
Education
A.A. Liberal Arts, Bellevue Community College 2000 B.A. History, University of Washington 2003, GPA 3.5 M.A. History, Eastern Washington University 2005, GPA 3.9 Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA MA in history (Early American and military history), 2005 1. Coursework included analytical written work and research on such topics as combined military operations, irregular warfare, and British Imperial policy in the Middle East, Africa and Asia post World War II era. Further work also included the American War of Independence and impact of the revolution. 2. Military Myths and Realities of the American War, 1775-1783 nominated for history department award June 2005. 3. Paper presentation at the Phi Alpha Theta Pacific Northwest Regional Conference Sun Valley, Idaho April 2005. 4. Seminar Research Paper: British Amphibious Warfare, 1757-1801 University of Washington, Seattle, WA BA in history (Early American and European history), 2003 1. Coursework included warfare in the American Revolution and research in European revolutions, nationalism, and political ideology. 2. Senior Seminar Paper: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah, 1779 Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA 1. AA in liberal arts with an emphasis on history, 2000
Experience
I've taught college level history courses for community colleges in the Seattle area for about 10 years. In addition to teaching in a traditional classroom setting, I have taught online classes since the beginning of my teaching career. I have experience with online course management systems including Angel, Blackboard, Blackboard VISTA and Canvas. Just as in the classroom, I was developer and manager of all content of my online classes, and I was responsible for grading all assignments, plus responding to emails and messages from students. Although not an IT professional, I did help students with technology issue related to the online classes. I am familiar with Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. During my employment at Bellevue College the department chair assigned to me with developing a new history course offering for the college. I was to take an existing course and develop an online counterpart to the classroom section. The course dealt with the history of exploration and discovery. The formal title is History 242: The Age of Exploration & Discovery. During my employment at Edmonds Community College I was allowed to create a new history class. I sought permission from the department chair to develop and offer a new history class detailing the history of the Second World War. In 2012 I participated in sexual harassment training while employed at Bellevue College. In addition I received sexual harassment and diversity training from Edmonds Community College. My graduate writing seminar paper consisted of one year of intense historical research. The topic dealt with amphibious warfare in the 18th century and was entitled British Amphibious Warfare, 1757-1801. This paper was nominated for the graduate research award in 2005 by my graduate advisor, Professor Martin Seedorf. I presented a research paper at the Phi Alpha Theta Pacific Northwest Regional Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho in April 2005. The paper, Military Myths and Realities of the American War, 1775-178, analyzed and evaluated irregular warfare during the American Revolution. The goal of the paper was to challenge preexisting ideas about the topic. While a graduate student, I conducted historical research on several military history topics. This work was done outside my normal studies, enhancing my historical research skills. For each I researched and gathered historical data and evidence and presented my research to a student audience. The research and presentation topics were Suez Canal Crisis 1956, Falklands War 1982, Hundred Years War 1337-1453, Fourth Crusade/Latin Empire 1203-1261, Anglo-French Wars; War of Spanish Succession, War of Austrian Succession, and the Seven Years War and Battle of Manizkert and the Fourth Crusade These six research projects were conducted from March 2004 to May 2005. In January 2005 I served on the American Historical Association Conference Local Arrangements Committee as a paid student worker and participated in the conference held in Seattle. During my final year of graduate school I was selected to become a teaching assistant at Eastern Washington University, which I did from September 2004 until graduate with my Master’s Degree in June 2005. I have a deep passion and interest in education and study of the past. I love learning and discovering new things. Reading is very important to me. I want to share my love for learning and especially my passion for history with as many students as I can. Some of my former students have been admitted to universities like Cornell and Stanford
Subject Expertise
History Of ScienceAP World HistoryArt HistoryClassicsCollege EssaysCreative WritingEconomicsEnglishEssay EditingEuropean HistoryGeographyGovernmentHistologyHistoryAP US HistoryLatin America HistoryLiteraturePersuasive WritingPhilosophyPolitical SciencePublic SpeakingReadingStudy SkillsStudy Skills And OrganizationSummer TutoringVocabularyWriting7th Grade WritingWorld LiteratureUS Constitutional HistoryWorld HistoryUS HistoryThe Modern WorldSocial Sciences10th Grade ReadingAfrican-American HistoryAfrican History9th Grade Writing9th Grade Reading8th Grade Writing8th Grade ReadingAmerican History7th Grade Reading12th Grade Writing12th Grade Reading11th Grade Writing11th Grade Reading10th Grade WritingAmerican LiteratureAncient and Medieval HeritageAP European HistoryAP U.S. Government & PoliticsAP United States HistoryAP US Government
Availability
Weekdays at any time, Weekends in the afternoon, Weekends in the morning
Can Meet
Up to 30 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
From June 2011 to December 2012 I worked as a freelance writer for the website EPL Talk (www.epltalk.com) now World Soccer Talk (www.worldsoccertalk.com). The site is owned and operated by Christopher Harris christopher.harris@worldsoccertalk.com. The website dealt with world soccer news and analysis. This was a non-paid position. I volunteered my time writing news article because of my interest in the sport. All articles written were opinion based supported by research, collecting evidence and analysis. I provided logically oriented arguments supporting my ideas for the viewers of the website. All articles were submitted to the website editor and published on the site. List below are my published articles with dates along with the website where the articles are located. http://worldsoccertalk.com/author/matthew-barnette/ I have an Interested in sports such as football, baseball, soccer and ice hockey. I was very active in playing soccer for the past few years. I am very active in keeping up to date on issues facing the nation and world. I actively watch and read news reports. Being informed about events shaping the lives of individuals is another critical part of the educational and learning process. I regularly watch documentaries dealing with social, cultural, historical, political issues. I don't watch a lot of TV but enjoy watching movies and love listening to music. My interest in travel stems from having a foreign born parent. I think it's important understand as much of the world as we can. Spending time outdoors is something I enjoy very much. Growing roses and vegetables has been a very relaxing and rewarding hobby for me.
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