ST. MARTIN PARISH — Rex Jones, a social studies teacher at Episcopal School of Acadiana, said he hoped his classroom work would make a difference beyond grades and lessons.

“I think I was just hoping and praying that, that other people will find value in what I was doing in the classroom,” Jones said.

Jones, who teaches Civics, AP U.S. History, AP U.S. Government & Politics, and AP Comparative Government & Politics, said his own early interest in history shaped his teaching approach.

“I knew it was gonna be history, my grandmother, when I was in highschool bought me a lecture series from a college professor and you put it in the VHS and the DVD player and you would just watch the lecture at home,” he said.

He brings that same creativity to his students today. For example, Jones teaches

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