Mr. David C. White
Kaufman High School
Department of History and Social Sciences
Job Title:
Chair of the Department of History and Social Sciences
Executive Director of the Kaufman Center for Human Rights Policy
Instructor:
Advanced Placement World History
World History
Advanced Placement European History
Responsibilities:
Department Chair
Teacher
UIL Current Issues and Events Coach
UIL Social Studies Coach
Junior Class Sponsor
District Technology Trainer
Faculty Representative on the District's DEIC Committee
Founder/Director of the Kaufman Center of Human Rights Policy
Jedi Master
Teaching Experience: This is my eleventh year teaching high school. I
School for one year before returning to KHS in 2005. So I've been at KHS for a
total of ten years. I taught English Language Studies in Barcelona, Spain in
1996-1997. I also served as a guest lecturer on American Studies at the University of Vic, Catalunya, Spain.
currently serve as the pastor of community development at Dallas Central Church of the Nazarene.
Education: I received a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and
History at Southern Nazarene University in 1995.
International Travels:
1986 - Canada
1993 - Aruba and Cancun, Mexico
1993 - Venezuela (I was there during the first failed coup of Hugo Chavez!)
1995 - First trip to Spain and Catalunya (Seville, Madrid, Valencia and
Barcelona)
1996 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1996-1997 - One year of field studies and humanitarian work in Barcelona, Catalunya; Spain
1997 - Sicily, Rome and Milan, Italy
1998 - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2008 - Nassau, Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Course Information:
Click on the course links on the lefthand side of this webpage to access course information. You will find
Summer Reading Assignments, Syllabi, Reading Calendars, Make-Up Assignments, Study Guides as well as other helpful information regarding my courses.
Favorite Movies:
Casablanca
Goldfinger
The Star Wars Trilogy (not the new prequels! Jar Jar must die!)
The Bourne Trilogy
Lawrence of Arabia
The Constant Gardener
Stranger Than Fiction
Waking Life
The Life Aquatic
The Darjeeling Limited
The El Mariachi Trilogy
Favorite T.V. Shows (both current and all time)
The Office
Important Things with Dimitri Martin
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Miami Vice
Magnum P.I.
Everwood
The Amazing Race
House, M.D.
Frontline:World
Austin City Limits
Globetrekker
The Chris Isaak Show
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Favorite Music Artists:
Weezer
Brazzaville
Radiohead
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Willie Nelson
Lyle Lovett
Chris Isaak
Wynton Marsalis
Chet Baker
Huey Lewis and the News
Hobbies/Activities/Interests:
Snow Skiing
Jazz
Mountain Biking
Hiking
Reading
Hanging out with my wife and son
Blogging
Writing
Music
Environmental Activism
Theology
Philosophy
Spiritual Studies
Human Rights Activism
Traveling
Rooting Interests:
Kaufman Lions
The Southern Nazarene University Crimson Storm
The Oklahoma Sooners
The Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Royals
F.C. Barcelona
F.C. Dallas
Things that I like
Traveling to foreign locales.
Spiritual epiphanies
Gates Barbeque (Kansas City, Mo)
Keebler Iced Animal Cookies (which apparently have been discontinued)
Mountains
Beaches and palm trees
Summer rain showers without the storms
bookstores and discretionary money to spend
glazed doughnuts baked in olive oil
The surreal quietness of a snowfall on the top of a mountain
backpacks
Eating at restaurants where soccer is on the t.v.
neckties apropos of a British diplomat or Sevile Row tailor
SIGG Bottles
Moleskine Journals
Things that I don't like
Walmart and their analogues worldwide
The excessive branding of American culture by multi-national corporations
People who do not use their turn signals
People who use their cell phones while driving
Uneducated bloviators
Fundamentalism of both the political and religious variety
Educators who do not like students
Cottage cheese
McJobs
MySpace
Movies with Hugh Jackman and/or Shia Lebouf
Jar Jar Binks
SUVs
Littering
The Texas Longhorns (Boomer Sooner!)
Glenn Beck and his fearmongering ilk.
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