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Post by Greg C. on Mar 1, 2007 15:40:36 GMT -5
After a few months of thinking, I have decided that I want to become a High School history teacher. I love history so this seems to be the job that my knowledge would be most useful in.
Greg
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Post by neferetus on Mar 1, 2007 18:51:53 GMT -5
Noble aspiration, Greg. (And you can have your students do an indepth report on THE ALAMO for special credit.)  |
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Post by Greg C. on Mar 2, 2007 6:59:17 GMT -5
what i already have planned is for the students not to bring their books to class during the alamo and civil war chapters. i print up some in depth packets and share my own knowledge which will make them learn far mor then from just reading the two paragraphs in the book. then, after the test we'll watch the movie.
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Post by Rick on Mar 2, 2007 22:10:21 GMT -5
Greg, you're in high school, correct? What year? And how much attention do today's high school history teachers in New York State get to give to the Alamo and Civil War?
I'm curious because I remember how both those topics were big stuff during my school years in Texas. But I've seen over the past 20-odd years how American History textbooks even in the Texas public schools have been watered down, rewritten and generally PC'd to reflect the points of view of history's have-nots.
All this instead of just sticking to the facts. Here in Texas, we had Texas history in both fourth and seventh grade, and they still do that (at least here in El Paso), but it's such a PC version that it makes me cringe.
Just wondering how they do it on your turf . . . . .
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Post by Greg C. on Mar 3, 2007 16:08:54 GMT -5
Greg, you're in high school, correct? What year? And how much attention do today's high school history teachers in New York State get to give to the Alamo and Civil War? I'm curious because I remember how both those topics were big stuff during my school years in Texas. But I've seen over the past 20-odd years how American History textbooks even in the Texas public schools have been watered down, rewritten and generally PC'd to reflect the points of view of history's have-nots. All this instead of just sticking to the facts. Here in Texas, we had Texas history in both fourth and seventh grade, and they still do that (at least here in El Paso), but it's such a PC version that it makes me cringe. Just wondering how they do it on your turf . . . . . The Alamo was a paragraph long and the civil war was an entire chapter. Gettysburg got a half a page, antietam was mentioned in a sentance, and the lincoln assassination recived two paragraphs, just to give a few examples. |
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Post by calicodreams on Apr 6, 2007 1:04:35 GMT -5
Yup, that's my aspiration as well.. except make that a 7th grade Texas History teacher.
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Post by neferetus on Apr 6, 2007 12:50:17 GMT -5
Yup, that's my aspiration as well.. except make that a 7th grade Texas History teacher. Best time to get the students interested. By the time they reach High School, they've other things occupying their minds and history is just not cool. |
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Post by Greg C. on Apr 6, 2007 13:04:58 GMT -5
if history teachers actually like teaching history and arent just teaching a history class to fill their schedule, then they can get students interesting by showing films and doing demonstrations so students can really connect with it.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Apr 11, 2007 18:01:16 GMT -5
I don't remember either the Alamo or the Civil War in my schools
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Post by neferetus on Apr 12, 2007 13:05:06 GMT -5
In a letter/brochure I received from the Mount Vernon Foundation, the group claims that certain approved Middle School American History textbooks give more space to Marilyn Monroe, than to George Washington.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Apr 12, 2007 16:20:04 GMT -5
i believe it....
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Post by neferetus on Apr 13, 2007 13:24:01 GMT -5
Yep, and as those same textbooks are apt to remind us, George Washington was bad because he had slaves. When speaking of the Civil War, Harriett Tubman and Frederick Douglas likely rank high above Lincoln.
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Post by bubbabod on Sept 5, 2007 13:05:00 GMT -5
Being a history teacher, or any teacher, is a great aspiration. When in high school in Texas, I wanted to be a history teacher and baseball coach. I achieved neither. But in my later years, I've been able to satisfy both by having played either baseball or softball throughout my life in the Navy and city leagues, managed/coached/played the last few years until I wore my body out. As for history, never got the chance to teach, but the last 10 years I've been lucky enough to not only ready and study about the parts of history that interest me the most, but I've been able to travel to and explore in depth these places. I've hit most of the Texas revolution sites, I've visted several Civil War sites, and mostly I've spent a lot of time in Montana and Wyoming exploring most of the sites of major battles with the Sioux and Cheyenne along the Bozeman Trail, Red Cloud's War, the Great Siouz Indian War of 1876, the Little Big Horn. I've met many people online, just like I've met some of you folks here, who study the Indian Wars, we've become friends, and now about every other year we meet in person in Montana and visit the various battle sites. Life can't get much better.
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Post by Rick on Sept 5, 2007 15:11:15 GMT -5
I hope to visit the Little Big Horn Battlefield and spend some time tramping/driving around the various routes the soldiers and Indians took. As a photographer, I also hope to take lots of snazzy pictures.
But I want to pick and choose the right time of year to make the trip, which rules out summertime since the heat and subsequent sweat would take all the fun out of it.
Fall would be my first choice, perhaps some late September or early October, but I'm wondering what the weather would be like that far north in late April or early May.
Any suggestions on the best time of year to visit Montana?
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Post by bubbabod on Sept 5, 2007 15:20:22 GMT -5
Hi, Rick. I was there the first week of June of this year and it was outstanding. I've never seen the whole area so green and lush. Then again, I've been there on the anniversary of the battle, June 25th, and it's already burned out looking somewhat. I've never been there in the fall, but I've heard it's a great time to go because the weather is turning. I don't think you'd have to worry about snow in September, but I can't say for sure.
As for following Custer's route, I've done it twice, but both times with private tours led by Dr. Richard Fox, the archeologist who led the digs after the fires of 1985 I think it was. Rich has a family home near the Rosebud Creek about ten miles from Custer's last camp in Busby, Mt. To follow his trail from Busby to the LBH take the permission from several landowners, and it's hard to do without knowing who to talk to or by taking a tour. I can give you some leads on who to approach for tours.
Me? I'd go in the late spring, early summer, like late May, simply because it's so pretty. I'd love to go in the fall just because the tourists have gone home. I'll get back to you if you'd like more info.
Frank
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