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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Jean Sweeney Shawver, a teacher of English, photography, and yearbook journalism at Harnett Central High School with 28 years’ experience, was a Claude Worthington Benedum Scholar at Marshall University where she earned her magna cum laude bachelor’s degree. She is a nationally certified journalism educator and a National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar Scholar. In addition to various teaching awards, she is a contributor to several civic organizations.

Resources created by Jean Sweeney Shawver

Connecting with community through oral history
In Oral history in the classroom, page 5
Through interviews and photographs, Harnett County students learn about their community's agricultural past.
By Jean Sweeney Shawver.