Sharon McMahon, America’s Government Teacher, returns to UVU as part of her ‘The Small and the Mighty’ book tour
2024年6月29日 - 7:12AM
OREM, Utah — Sharon McMahon, known as “America’s government
teacher,” will return to speak at Utah Valley University (UVU)
Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 7 pm at the Noorda Center for the Performing
Arts on the Orem Campus. Tickets will go on sale Friday, June 28 at
https://uvunoorda.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2429.Her
appearance is part of a multicity tour for her book “
The Small
and the Mighty” sponsored by Outback Presents and co-sponsored
locally by the Center for Constitutional Studies (CCS) at UVU. In
“The Small and the Mighty” McMahon proves that the most remarkable
Americans are often ordinary people who did not make it into the
textbooks — not the presidents, but the telephone operators — not
the aristocrats, but the schoolteachers. Through meticulous
research, she discovers history’s unsung characters and brings
their rich, riveting stories to light for the first
time. McMahon keynoted CCS’s fall civics-educator
conference Oct. 10, 2023, before an audience of more than 5,000 at
UCCU Center and is pleased to return to UVU to share an evening of
storytelling and conversation. She will discuss her forthcoming
book, “The Small and the Mighty,” and her journey to becoming
America’s favorite government teacher, and the lessons that can be
learned from her cast of improbable champions.
About Sharon
McMahon
After years of serving as a high-school government and law
teacher, Sharon McMahon took her passion for education
to Instagram, where more than a million people rely on her for
nonpartisan, fact-based information as “America’s Government
Teacher.” In a time where flashy headlines and false
information often take the spotlight, Sharon is seen as a reliable
source for truth and logic.Sharon is also the host of the
award-winning podcast, “Here’s Where It Gets
Interesting,” where, each week, she provides entertaining yet
factual accounts of America’s most fascinating moments and people.
In all that she does, Sharon encourages others to be
world-changing humans. She has led her community in various
philanthropic initiatives that have raised more than $9 million for
teachers, domestic-violence survivors, terminally ill children,
medical-debt-forgiveness programs, refugees, and more. More
information at https://sharonmcmahon.com/.About the Center for
Constitutional Studies
Utah Valley University’s (UVU) Center for Constitutional Studies
(CCS) is a nonpartisan academic institute that promotes the
instruction, study, and research of constitutionalism. Through a
multidisciplinary approach, CCS examines important constitutional
issues found at the intersections of political thought, public
policy, religion, law, history, and economics. Its mandate is to
equip a new generation of citizens and leaders with a broad
understanding of political thought and economic practices critical
to preserving constitutional government, ordered liberty, and the
rule of law.
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