Mr. Gordon Sheaffer

gsheaffer@madisonprep.org

Heroes: --Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Henry Clay, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Harry S Truman--Winfield Scott Hancock, George G Meade, William S Rosecrans, Joshua L Chamberlain, George A. Custer, Stephen Decatur, Isaac Hull

Despised:  John C Calhoun, Roger Taney, Phil Sheridan,  Thomas J Jackson, Robert E Lee, Jefferson Davis, James A Garfield, Aaron Burr, Frederick Benteen, James Barron, Jesse Elliot....Joe Paterno

Suggested Reading:  This Terrible Sound, by Peter Cozzens

A Life Most Bold and Daring, by Spencer Tucker

Six Frigates, by Ian Toll

Lincoln,  by David Herbert Donald

Son of the Morning Star, by Evan Connell

HAIL TO PITT ! 

Homework US History 1-6
History 1-  Keep notebooks up-to-date.  

History 4- Sanitary Commission project due Thurs.

Classics- Herodotus book V

Homework Political Science- N/A

Football
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Boys Basketball
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Jazz Band
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Baseball
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My Biography
I have been teaching at Madison Prep since the first day in August of 2000.  My classes are US History 1-6, Classics, Political Science, and US Constitution.  I am the head football coach and I assist Mr. Batchelder during baseball season.  In addition, I am the advisor to the Federalist and the director of the jazz band. 

In 1992 I graduated from J.P. McCaskey high school in Lancaster, PA.  I earned my B.A. in history from the University of Pittsburgh in 1996. I completed my M.A. in history from Duquesne University in 1998.  Before coming to Arizona, I worked as an archivist for Allegheny county and a curator for the State Museum of Pennsylvania.  My wife Alissa, my daughter Abigail, and I reside in Gilbert.

We love you TJ !

1-11-08