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Keith Hughes (historian)

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HipHughes
Hughes in 2015
Personal information
Born
Keith Jon Hughes

(1972-08-04) August 4, 1972 (age 52)
OccupationInstructional Coach
SpouseDivorced
Children2
Websitehiphughes.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active1999–present
Subscribers317 K[1]
(August 2024)
Total views51 million views[1]
(August 2024)
100,000 subscribers

Keith Jon Hughes (born August 4, 1972) is an American teacher and YouTuber; his YouTube channel has seen millions of views since starting in 2008. Hughes has been featured in a television show.[2]

Early life

Hughes was raised in Putnam Valley, New York. In 1994, he moved to Buffalo to attend Buffalo State College where he received his undergraduate degree in Social Studies Education. Hughes went on to receive his master's degree in Educational Technology from the University of Buffalo in 2006.

Career

Teaching

Hughes started teaching full-time in 1999 at McKinley High School; his focus was teaching U.S. History and Advanced Placement American Government. Shortly after the September 11 attacks, Hughes collaborated with his students on his first video, titled "Wings of Hope". The success of this project evolved into bringing in video production and media into his courses.

In the fall of 2014, Hughes started a new phase of his teaching career as a Technology Instructional Coach for the Buffalo Public School district, leaving the teaching role he had for the last 15 years.

YouTube personality

On April 20, 2008. he started his educational YouTube Channel HipHughes History which focuses on government, politics and history.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "About hiphughes". YouTube.
  2. ^ "United Stuff of America". IMDb. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  3. ^ "Keith Hughes - About". YouTube. Retrieved March 27, 2015.