WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 visited the Kiski Area School District to surprise the WTAE Teacher of the Month for November.

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Rebekah Stankowski has a passion for Pittsburgh that shows in her black and gold classroom, and also in a recent history lesson at Kiski Area Upper Elementary School.

“This is my 30th year, and I wanted to do something different, so I decided to do a whole, huge Pittsburgh unit," Stankowski told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 anchor Janelle Hall.

They highlighted family traditions, as she asked the students, “Does anyone remember why the cookie table was invented?” and studied everything from the steel industry to sports.

Stankowski's history lesson included famous

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