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= Welcome to Wiki Social Studies Page! = Brief Bio – Marianne Kenney, Secondary Social Studies Instructional Specialist

After graduating from college, Marianne worked in New York City as a corporate trainer. When she thought it was time to leave the “Big Apple” Marianne spent fourteen months traveling around the world. Running out of money in Australia, she worked as a cocktail waitress until she could make enough money to get back to the states and go to grad school. Marianne taught high school social studies for seventeen years and social studies methods for a number of years at DU. Midway through her teaching career she attended the first National Geographic Summer Institute in Washington D.C. and was invited to be on the staff the following year. She took the leap to the state level serving as the State Social Studies Specialist for seven and a half years until her unit was disbanded in a reorganization. She then worked for McREL and did private consulting for 12 area school districts until she got a call about the specialist position at DPS and is thrilled to be here! When she is not at DPS, she can be found on the dance floor or on a yoga mat. Marianne has published numerous lessons and articles as well as directed many summer institutes at the state and national level. Honors include: ten study abroad fellowships; being a secondary writer for the National Geography Standards Project; working on the development of the original and the new Colorado social studies standards, chairing a state endowment fund; coordinating the Colorado Geography Bee, being the only teacher to ever receive the Distinguished Geography Award from the National Geographic Society.

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