Mr. Gentile (pronounced “Jen-teel”) has absolutely loved helping his students discover modern world history from a Restoration perspective at American Heritage School, where he has received the Rosalie J. Slater Award for instructional excellence. Prior to accepting a job to teach 10th Grade History and English at American Heritage, he taught History and English at The Fenn School in Concord, Massachusetts, where his publication Puzzle Pieces: An Introductory Primary Source Reader for Ancient China was adopted for course use. Prior to teaching in independent schools, Mr. Gentile earned a 4.00 GPA and a Master of Arts (MA) degree in American History at Brandeis University, where he was a Crown Fellow in the doctoral program and was mentored by the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Washington’s Crossing, Dr. David Hackett Fischer. He earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History from Brigham Young University, where he graduated summa cum laude as the valedictorian of the History Department, the recipient of the Outstanding Undergraduate in History award, and an Edwin S. Hinckley Scholar. He has taught classes about history and historiography at the college level at both Brandeis and BYU. He has also published several articles in scholarly journals, with his most recent publication coming in the May 2010 issue of We Proceeded On: The Official Publication of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. He served a mission in South Korea, where he taught the gospel in both Korean and Korean Sign Language. He has also taught Korean at the Missionary Training Center in Provo and early morning seminary in Massachusetts. He and his wife Christina were sealed in the Provo Temple and currently have a daughter and a son. They live in Eagle Mountain, where they enjoy playing as a family, serving in their stake, reading books, hiking and camping, playing and watching soccer, and trying to grow a garden.