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Mr. Bell

 

 Please click here to access Google Classroom during the shutdown. My expectation is that you check it ONCE a day. 

 

Contact Me: pbell@medinacsd.org or 585-798-2710 x 5227

 

Courses taught: 

  • U.S. History & Government (11th grade) 
  • AVID (Coordinator and the 12th grade elective) 

Education:

  • Akron High School - '02
  • Canisius College ’06 – Bachelor of Arts – History & Secondary Education
  • College of William & Mary ’07 – Master of Arts – American History

Favorites

  • Place on Earth: Maui and Kauai
  • Books: Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon Wood; American Slavery, American Freedom by Edmund Morgan (non-fiction); The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (fiction)
  • Music: Classic rock! Long live Led Zeppelin, the Stones, Pink Floyd, and CCR! 
  • Hobbies: Reading, debating politics, golf, basketball, baseball, woodworking, Revolutionary War re-enacting 

Favorite Quotes: 

  • “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing” – Edmund Burke
  • “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity” – Horace Mann
  • “Some men look at the way things are and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not” – Robert F. Kennedy