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Before Sam Ulmschneider \u201906 attended the University of Mary Washington, he put his political prowess to the test in the nation\u2019s premier civics competition for high school students.<\/p>\n

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Sam Ulmschneider \u201906 (seen here with his students at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia), who majored in history and philosophy at UMW, has led his students at Maggie L. Walker Governor\u2019s School in Richmond to several national championships in the We the People civics competition. Last year\u2019s event was chronicled in a PBS documentary series. Photo courtesy of Sam Ulmschneider.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In We the People, \u201cwe were asked to consider complex questions of public policy and political theory,\u201d said Ulmschneider, who participated with his classmates in simulated congressional hearings before a panel of judges during the competition. \u201cThat experience is the reason I was motivated to study history and philosophy at Mary Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, Ulmschneider teaches those subjects and more at his alma mater, Maggie L. Walker Governor\u2019s School in Richmond, where he has coached the school\u2019s team to state championships and led it to three of its five national wins. While preparing for last year\u2019s event, his class was spotlighted in Citizen Nation<\/em><\/a>, a four-part PBS documentary series that followed teens and their teachers as they vied to secure a spot among the top 10 schools in the country \u2013 and win it all.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took We the People when it was a fairly young course,\u201d Ulmschneider said. His teacher, Phil Sorrentino, \u201cchallenged us to think critically and argue our own views with a great deal of passion and engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n

The class primed him for the challenging coursework he found at UMW, where he read Plato\u2019s Republic <\/em>in a first-year seminar with Professor Emeritus of Philosophy David Ambuel, who he said had a \u201cpowerful impact\u201d on his decision to major in the subject.<\/p>\n

Ulmschneider said that Professor of History Susan Fernsebner inspired him to consider pursuing a Ph.D. \u201cIn her classes, we were reading popular novels and cultural and anthropological theory, which demonstrated how you could integrate other fields of study into history. That seemed new and enthralling to me as an undergraduate.\u201d<\/p>\n

After graduation, Ulmschneider planned to go into academia, earning a master\u2019s degree in history from Virginia Commonwealth University. Yet, in 2011, he returned to Maggie L. Walker, which serves academically gifted students with an emphasis on government and international studies. He earned the James Madison Fellowship<\/a>\u00a0in 2020, a $24,000 award that helped him obtain a second master\u2019s degree in American government and history from Ohio\u2019s Ashland University.<\/p>\n

Ulmschneider currently teaches Advanced Placement courses, American popular culture and political philosophy, as well as his favorite, We the People, which is part of a comprehensive curriculum developed by the Center for Civic Education<\/a> in 1987. Under his guidance, students hone skills in oral argument and rhetorical writing and engage in legal, political and philosophical research to prepare for state and national competitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf all the classes I teach, it\u2019s the one that alumni have told me is the most valuable, even years and decades later,\u201d said Ulmschneider, whose students have gone to prestigious law schools such as Harvard and Columbia and embarked on careers in public policy and serving political campaigns.<\/p>\n

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And a few have ended up at Mary Washington, including junior\u00a0Ben Dickinson<\/a>, who is grateful for Ulmschneider\u2019s mentorship. \u201cWe the People prepared me academically to major in political science and bolstered my love for constitutional studies,\u201d said Ben, who is taking U.S. Constitutional Reform this semester, a course taught by UMW Professor of Political Science Steve Farnsworth.<\/p>\n

Ulmschneider said that the PBS series captured the energy and spirit that makes the class and competition such a meaningful experience for high school students. He recently joined a screening and panel discussion with the director, his students, and State Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg, a fellow teacher and the father of one of his students, whose Richmond-area team also competed in the finals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt paints a strikingly patriotic portrait of America, watching the genuine level of civic engagement and mutual sympathy these students have for each other while working through these challenging questions we\u2019re all struggling with as a society,\u201d Ulmschneider said. \u201cIf you find yourself becoming cynical about young people, this series will remind you that the kids are alright.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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