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Post by rebcav on Dec 16, 2017 2:07:21 GMT
I was lucky when it came to my American History teacher-instead of teaching from colonial history forward, he taught from modern times back so it was easier to link how every modern events had a link to past events. When history is just dates and simple facts, it has no life and no appeal to students to learn more. It has to be relevant to their lives to build an interest. I have found that nearly everyone is interested in their local history because it is something that effects their lives or they see nearly daily. When you can take local history and link it to the rest of the world, then perhaps it is a stepping stone to building a lifetime interest in history. Schools can never cover the full scope of events and unless there is some way to stimulate students seek more information beyond their classes then they can never really see why it's so important to understand our past with the hope that we don't make the same mistakes in the future. Unfortunately history is malleable so the same events can be used to justify many sides of an argument My Junior and Senior years I had a teacher named Mr. Auburn. Junior Year we did American History. Senior Year we did Government and Political Theory. Mr. Auburn had a saying: "History is simply events created by people. Understand the PEOPLE that created the EVENTS and you will understand History." And he seemed to be correct. Respectfully Submitted, Duane
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Dec 16, 2017 11:20:03 GMT
I had a US History teacher named Dick Webster who instilled a love and understanding of history. More importantly he taught how history impacts today and what failure to learn from history can cause.
Regards, Tom
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Post by dave on Dec 16, 2017 15:12:38 GMT
Being withing 2 to 3 hours of 2 large battlefields as Shiloh and Vicksburg, filed trips were special assets to our history classes both in high school and college. Regards Dave
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Post by quincannon on Dec 16, 2017 17:59:37 GMT
In my senior year in high school my American Government class was entitled "Problems of Democracy" and taught by a man who forever changed my life Paul Richards. It was by far the best class I ever had, at any level of education. It started with the premise that democracy, specifically republican democracy is a "problem" and it is up to each succeeding generation to see it as a problem and solve it.
My one regret is that like Duane, American History was taught the year before, and I believe a better appreciation of both could have been achieved by reversing the order teaching government first, and then history.
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Post by Beth on Dec 19, 2017 20:41:56 GMT
Ironically Gwen takes government next semester, after all of her history. On the other hand being a fairly newly minted 18 year old I hope that she will take the lessons and apply them in the voting booth. Perhaps the semester of economics she just finished will also add further insight in the voting booth.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2021 14:11:35 GMT
Opening up the Dead Horse Locker, but not really intending to beat it, in response to the Original Post (OP), I went searching for tools on line (as I have many times) and discovered Google Earth Pro has a feature that allows you to set a placemark, define its altitude above ground level and save it. Then right click on the placemark (in the list of placemarks, not on the map pin) and you get an Line of Sight (LOS) view out to about 10 km (based on what altitude you use. I used 3m thinking that is how high a man is on a horse). The attached screenshot shows the view from Weir Point. It is of course, subject to how accurately you place the pin. I find this very exciting, because I have been looking for it for ages and never discovered it was lurking in Google Earth Pro. Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2021 18:24:16 GMT
Beth I went back (again) to look at your question about what could Custer See? From vic of the Reno Ford at Grid 13TCL1426841500 which is marked by the Pin "N" and titled "Untitled Placemark) which is on high ground north of the pin marked Reno Ford (a Blue one), you can see the LOS view (Viewshed in Google Earth Pro) in the first screen shot and the profile from the same place, both looking toward Ford D. The profile view is backward. If you are standing at grid coordinate, then that is the left hand side of the profile view and Ford D is the right hand side. Confusing. This leads me to believe, if someone had gone up there they would have been able to see enough to know they were going to have a Really Bad Day (TM). Difficult to know without being able to go at or near that point. Perhaps when I am there, one can get a helicopter tour and I could convince the pilot to fly their and hover at NOE at that point. (NOE= nap of the earth. the tree tops down for Army helicopter pilots, although I have seen those crazy people put the skids just above the ground in order to minimize their exposure.) I hope this helps answer your question, if you have not resolved it before now. Attachments:
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