Sharon Pearson

Sharon Pearson is a master teacher of thirty years teaching in both Michigan and in North Carolina. She has taught grades three, four, seven, and eight, and most of her experience is with the Guilford County School System in North Carolina. She currently teaches eighth grade North Carolina History at Southwest Middle School in High Point. A North Carolina Humanities Council Teacher Institute alumni, she has organized and supervised the participation of students in the North Carolina History Bowl. Her undergraduate work was completed at High Point University, and she received her master’s degree from North Carolina A&T State University.

She has served as a textbook consultant for North Carolina State University’s Humanities Extension/Publications Program, creating teacher ancillaries for their social studies publications. Recently she has developed curriculum for the North Carolina Freedom Monument Project. Additionally, with her sister Pamela Myrick, she has co-authored an interdisciplinary civics education program entitled “Citizen I Am.” Together, they have presented at regional Social Studies and Middle School Conferences, the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Character Education Conference, and at a national Paideia conference.