Lewis America History Instructor Truman High School Independence, MO Nancy Lewis graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with aBachelor of Science degree in social studies education and obtained her Master of Arts in Teaching from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. She has taught junior and senior high school social studies in the Kansas City area for thirty years, with the last twenty-seven years at Truman High School in Independence, Missouri. She and her husband live in Blue Springs and are dedicated Missouri Tiger fans. The multicultural aspects of trails west is emphasized as research of the period is made available through handouts and a lively dialogue from diaries of the period. Hands on artifacts, crafts, book display, letters, music, hard tack, and buffalo chips are a few of the items used to tell the story of our nation's past.
Programs can last from one hour to several days.