Award-Winning Social Studies Tutors serving Manhattan, NY

...years' experience teaching ESL English. I am also fluent in Spanish and have taught Spanish. I'm a graduate student of journalism school. On Varsity Tutors I'm also teaching all courses in reading, writing, phonics, literature, history, world geography, earth science, graphic design, music and photography, as well as the SAT and GRE test. I have almost full time availability. Please reach out to me and I will get back to you as quickly as I...

...history and anthropology. During my four years at NYU, I tutored high school students in history, reading comprehension, and writing composition at a community center in downtown Manhattan called the Door. I have a passion for studying people and cultures and have found great success teaching my students to both understand and appreciate the power of a good narrative both in history and literature. People often think of history as a series of facts or...

...experience reading, analysing, and writing about literature and history. A former IB kid, academics is now my passion. However, I understand the challenges of high school degrees, college degrees, and beyond, so I'm excited to help you along. Currently I am finishing up my BA after two years at my alma matar and a yearlong visiting program at Oxford. My favourite subject is literature, but history is an intrinsic part of understanding literature so I...

...and now, as a tutor, I strive to provide the same level of enthusiastic support and encouragement to my own students. Beyond my history studies, I spent a semester during college at the University of Burgundy in Dijon, allowing me to develop my deep understanding of both French language and culture. While on Colby's campus, I spent much of my spare time working as an assistant to one of my professors on his manuscript, as...

I am a 1580/1600 SAT scorer and 177/180 LSAT scorer who is passionate about helping others achieve similar results. I know the SAT and LSAT to be learnable tests, and I am excited to help others get to their goals.

...Ed from Mercy College. I have been teaching for the past 10 years and I have taught grades 4-6, and 8th grade. I spent 7 years alone in 5th grade where I developed my own curriculum on fractions. There are 4 presentations on fractions each covering all 4 operations. Each day's lesson is embedded with videos of me giving a tutorial on how to solve the specific type of problem we are addressing. A school...

...scaffolds or resources necessary. My job as a teacher is to help all students feel successful. I hope that as a teacher I can encourage respect for learning and intellectual achievement by stimulating individual curiosity about the world. I have been a classroom teacher for 5 years and I believe that tutoring will be a great opportunity for me to create more personal relationships in order to help students reach their potential by teaching to...

...students in Latin and Greek for over 10 years. I received a perfect score on the National Latin Exam and Latin SAT II and am familiar with preparing students for these exams, as well as for AP Latin. Some highlights of my educational and teaching background are that I've graduated from Reginald Foster's demanding program in Rome for the practice of oral Latin and daily sight reading and obtained my B.A. with honors in Greek and...

...I enjoy motivating my students to learn through engaging, creative and inspiring lessons or projects. Inspiring them to be kind, be their best, be honest, work hard, and strive to do the right thing through positive praise and consequences. My goal is to help students become more intrinsically motivated to succeed. No one knows that student more than themselves. I believe we are all born to win or succeed at something and the classroom is...

I believe that I am a good fit for this tutoring position because I have been a teacher for 27 years. I had the privilege of teaching at all the levels. I was able to motivate my high school students in a way that made them submit themselves to the rigor of the French language and its culture. As a result, I was able to successfully prepare the for the French and Spanish Regents Exams.

I believe an instructor is supposed to inspire a passion for learning. Through my teachings, I impart to students that learning is less about natural talent and more about hard work and dedication. My lessons are dialogues, I have a conversation with the student to pinpoint their exact academic needs, and make not only show help them where they're having trouble, but also give them the tools to do so on their own.

...Buffalo. I am majoring in history with a focus on U.S. and minoring in political science. I have always enjoyed writing and editing papers which is part of the reason I was drawn to history as a major. I have worked in the past with students ranging in age from kindergarten - 11th grade. Outside of school, I spend a lot of time writing content for games of Dungeons and Dragons with my friends each...

...Entrepreneurship. I have previously tutored through the Organization of Student Tutors in my hometown and mentored first year engineering students through the First Year Integration program at Rutgers University. Math, English, Science, and Social Studies are all subject I tutor in, although Math and Social Studies are my favorites! I firmly believe that it is important to understand each student's learning needs and incorporate them into my teaching methods. In my spare time, I enjoy...

...student at The Cooper Union in New York City studying Civil Engineering with a minor in Economics. As an engineering student, I passionately tutor Mathematics and Physics. Additionally, I'm an enthusiast of Geography and the Italian language, and am thrilled to teach those subjects as well. In tutoring subjects that I find exciting, I hope to instill a passion for learning in students while helping them reach their academic goals. In my spare time, I...

...to study Musical Theater at a conservatory, I graduated Magna Cum Laude from University of California, San Diego and received a BA in Music. While at UC San Diego, I earned a minor in Theater as well as studied Marine Science and Oceanography as a hobby. I believe in looking at academia creatively and looking at the creative arts with discipline. My philosophy is study early and from all angles, so that when the test...

...in Acting from the School of Drama. I did my undergraduate work in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Since relocating to Manhattan from the West Coast, I've had the great fortune to teach in a variety of settings-- from private tutoring, to lead teaching at ESL Language Schools, to leading literacy-based theater residencies in the public school system. My earliest teaching experiences were in college-level English and ESL-- I'm a...

...do the same. I put myself through college at Binghamton University with earnings from playing professional poker, and was set to begin a career in finance until the housing bubble burst in 2008. Although I received a degree in finance, the ensuing recession set me on an alternate path of entrepreneurship, and I've founded three companies so far. As a tutor, I'm calm, laid back and patient. I try to explain how to solve each...

...received an M.A. (2012) and an M.Phil. (2014) in philosophy at Columbia. As a PhD student at Columbia, I served as teaching assistant for or taught numerous courses in these fields. I also taught in the university's pre-college program 2017-2023. I prefer **very strongly** to work with students who want to meet at least once a week on most weeks. The less often you want to meet, the better-served you would be by a tutor...

...tactile/kinesthetic (action-based). With a Bachelor's degree in Speech and Language therapy, I am experienced in providing speech and language related training to aid elementary aged students in attaining developmentally appropriate skills. As a curriculum writer, graphic designer and dance instructor, I work to incorporate every student's strengths and talents into the tutoring sessions. I love to use mnemonics, visual aids, storytelling, drama, flashcards, study games and graphic organizers! I take great joy in helping students...

...and be supportive for all of my students. Low-stress, calm and focused work is what I aim to uphold while working. It is as essential for the student as it is for any working professional after education completion. Best of luck to all of you on your academic endeavors, and feel free to message me if you have any questions or requests. Please note, I am most often working from home, and I'm happy to help...