The 3-minute interview: Thomas Acampora

Published July 7, 2008 4:00am ET



Thomas Acampora, a social studies teacher at Baltimore Talent Development High School in Baltimore City, won Maryland?s History Teacher of the Year award given by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Preserve America, based in New York. The 24-year-old Baltimore City resident will receive a $1,000 honorarium and compete for the national award this fall. The school?s library also will be given an archive of history books and other materials from the institute.

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