Brown Jr, Robert W.: - Robert Brown is a local historian, history education specialist, and former high school history teacher. Robert graduated with a degree in History from UNC-Charlotte and received his National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification in Adolescence / Young Adulthood Social Studies and History. He has twice been named a Time-Warner Cable Star Teacher, and was the Daughters of the American Revolution, History Teacher of the Year for North Carolina in 2001. Robert has written three successful Teaching American History grants for Cleveland County Schools in Shelby, North Carolina, and has consulted with more than thirty school districts around the country on their applications.