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New teacher Matt Elder uses modern means to interact with the past
New middle and high school social studies teacher, Matt Elder, enjoys being able to add personal touches, like political cartoons and presidential candidate buttons to his new classroom at WHS.
WAITSBURG – When The Times arrived to interview Waitsburg's new social studies teacher, Matt Elder, he was seated at his classroom desk, flanked by presidential candidate buttons and political comics, drinking coffee from a Roswell, New Mexico mug, and preparing to download text- to- speech software to his computer; all examples of his teaching philosophy.
Elder is confident his love of 20th century history, appreciation for travel and heavy utilization of technology will make history classes for Waitsburg middle and high school students anything but dry and stuffy, this year.
Elder, 32, curre...
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