HEllo! I'm Erin.
I’m so glad you’re here.
My teaching story started with nothing. No curriculum, no scope and sequence, no binders from colleagues, just some old textbooks and vague state standards. I was deep in survival mode, but I knew all this isolated effort was pretty ridiculous.
That’s why I started Let’s Cultivate Greatness. I write secular, open-and-go workbooks for homeschool families and download-and-go lesson materials for classroom teachers, so you aren’t spending your Sundays and summers making everything from scratch like I had to.
My Background
I taught high school social studies for nearly 20 years in both suburban and rural high schools in Washington State.
Over the years, and through a lot of experimentation, I learned to build lessons that asked deep and intriguing questions and made real-world connections. That’s what makes social studies interesting, and it’s why it matters so much for students to learn.
Every workbook and lesson I write is built from these ideas.
I have a B.A. in History and English and a master’s in teaching secondary social studies. In 2009, I earned National Board Certification. Today I mentor student teachers for a local university. My two favorite things besides writing are running 10ks and planning our next family roadtrip.
My Specialties
The longer I taught, the more I fell in love with the parts of social studies beyond history: civics and government, geography, economics, and sociology.
I love how each of these subjects is an invitation to learn about what’s going on in the world today and how to shape it. What could be more urgent than that?
Now I’ve taken that passion into developing workbooks and curriculum designed especially for secular homeschool families. I hope to bring that same enthusiasm to your kitchen table.
