Welcome...

[JerseyBart]

Welcome to The U of ACW Forum. I've been honored by our amazing and fearless leader, Mike, aka CivilWarTalk to host this forum. If you have any questions about teaching the Civil War in your classroom or even as a student, what to do...what not to do and how to do it and not to do it, what sources both textbook and tradebooks and novels to use and not to use, please ask away. I am no expert, far from it actually: only have taught the Civil War one year, but I have taught history in my classrooms for 10 years from 3rd through 6th grade and I've done a good bit of reading and research on my own. If I do not know the answer, I will be honest with you about it and then do my best to go find the answer. If others can help more quickly, please do.

I cannot wait to get this forum going and hope that this community of Civil War buffs, and for this forum, teachers has a lot of good questions, answers, discussions and debates.

JerseyBart
Bart White

 

[JerseyBart]

This isn't Civil War related, but teaching related, so I gots to toot my own horn here. I used music video to The Traveling Wilburys, The End of the Line to teach my class about making inferences today. Roy Orbison, who was alive when the the song was recorded, was not alive to make the video. I told the class who the Wilburys were and then I told them that the video is set on a train and then band members sing their own verses and come together for the chorus and that something is different about the video. What is it and why. Well, in the video the only member not singing in person is Roy Orbison. The class pointed out that there is an empty chair, with a guitar in it...rocking. When Roy sings, everyone in the video is looking around at who is singing. There is a picture of a man, Roy Orbison, shown when this invisible man sings. Also, during the invisible man's verse, the train travels through a tunnel...dark. They figured out that Roy is dead, but even in death, he is rocking and questioned if death is really The End of the Line...Roy was still rocking, as a guitar in a chair and a picture and a place in the video.

....ah little victories!!!

 

[Steel Cross]

JB,
Best wishes to you on this forum. Terrific idea. Somehow there must be a way to let teachers know the forum exists as a resource and I will tell the local elementary teacher about it. If I can assist on a bugle-related question please let me know.
SC

 

[JerseyBart]

Thanks Steel for your words and for spreading the word.
And assist away!!! Your contributions will definitely be appreciated!!!

 

[JerseyBart]

Realized this morning that Civil War Journal still airs in syndication on the History Channel on Tuesdays @ 7:00am est.

 

[JerseyBart]

Civil War Journal on the History Channel tomorrow morning @ 7am...The Traitor President: Jefferson Davis.

 

[JerseyBart]

What is everyone's thoughts on Civil War Journal??? 15-20 years later, is the series still relevant??? Has anything from any of the episodes been disproven with new information???

 

[JerseyBart]

If you have Comcast on Demand, April 1865, 2 hour doc based on the book, is there to watch and enjoy.

 

[JerseyBart]

Lee & Grant is available on the Military History Channel on Demand until July.

Lincoln's War on the Smithsonian Channel under Smith's Specials.

 

[JerseyBart]

If you have Comcast on Demand, April 1865, 2 hour doc based on the book, is there to watch and enjoy.

Watching April 1865 on demand and going blind from the sacrilege of commercials for Mountain Men and Swamp People.

 

[JerseyBart]

Tomorrow morning on Civil War Journal, 7am History Channel, a profile of Alexander Gardner, Civil War Photographer.

 

[JerseyBart]

Batsto Village in South Jersey: A great place to take your class on a trip or just tour by yourself or with family.

 

[JerseyBart]

Lee and Grant still available on Comcast on demand on the Military History Channel.
Lincoln's War available on Smithsonian Channel until June 14th.

 

[JerseyBart]

Need opinions...do you think it would be approprite or inappropriate to post the emailed newsletters I receive from the South Jersey Old Baldy Civil War Roundtable? Thanks for you opinions.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

I think it would be appropriate, although do not know what the convention is for this kind of thing? I'm the 'student' side of what this particular forum would be about. If I'm browsing ' What's New ', it's pretty much the kind of thing I'll look for, purely for information's sake, even if I THINK I don't have an interest there. I'm usually wrong.

 

[JerseyBart]

History Channel on Demand has 7 shows under the Battle of Gettysburg heading.
Military History on Demand has a Gettysburg doc. and Lee & Grant.

 

[JerseyBart]

History Channel on Demand has 7 shows under the Battle of Gettysburg heading.
Military History on Demand has a Gettysburg doc. and Lee & Grant.

Reminder bump...

 

[JerseyBart]

The unknown civil war series on Gettysburg is great...lots of brilliant minds discussing those three days. It can be found on history channel on demand.