CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS
Photos above were taken at a Burlington County Education Association conference in April 2023, as well as a Rancocas Valley regional professional development event in February 2020. Teachers pictured include Cheryl Alspach and Neshea Thomas of Rancocas Valley High School, Cristina Burrows, JoAnn Donnelly, and Jennifer Perry, of Westampton Middle School, and Kevin Risley of Winslow Township High School. Project Director Guy Weston is also pictured.
Our curriculum development project began in 2018 with funding from the Burlington County Division of Parks. In that initial phase, teachers from Westampton Middle School and Rancocas Valley High School worked with Timbuctoo Advisory Committee chairperson Guy Weston to develop materials in accordance with guidelines established by the New Jersey Department of Education. The project had been the brainchild of Weston, who observed the irony of his attending high school locally, but not learning about Timbuctoo until decades later when doing genealogy research.
In 2024, the project is managed by the Timbuctoo Historical Society with the county funding. The project was presented at the 2022 New Jersey Education Association Conference in Atlantic City in November 2022. Email info@TimbuctooNJ.com for further information or to request a presentation at your school. Presentations are available for students as well as for teachers.