Shane Gower is an educator with 28 years experience teaching High School History. Shane is Past-President of the Maine Council for the Social Studies and supports other educators through his presentations at the National Council for the Social Studies Annual conference, and the Friends of the World War II Memorial Annual Conference for Teachers in addition to other professional development collaborations. Shane was a Master Teacher for the National World War II Museum in New Orleans and has conducted educational workshops on behalf of the Museum around the US.