Comments on: Time of Remembrance: Move Over Ken Burns! http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/ Muddling through the blogosphere Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:56:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: The Best Websites To Learn About California | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/comment-page-1/#comment-367 The Best Websites To Learn About California | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:09:30 +0000 http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/#comment-367 [...] (you have to register, but it’s free and easy to do so) and my Sacramento blogger colleague Gail Desler helped develop an excellent Time of Remembrance [...] [...] (you have to register, but it’s free and easy to do so) and my Sacramento blogger colleague Gail Desler helped develop an excellent Time of Remembrance [...]

]]> By: Nancy http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Nancy Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:32:15 +0000 http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/#comment-197 The CSI project idea was not original---I read about it in the summer of 2006 at Edutopia--contacted the two gals who did it original to ask permission to replicate it. http://www.geolit.org/ We, of course, ended up with a much larger project. They'd hoped that their idea would take off but only a couple of schools have done it. Focus on NCLB has really dampened the enthusiasm of any classroom teacher to take on a "non-tested" project, especially one that takes months to complete. Thanks for the kudos. The CSI project idea was not original—I read about it in the summer of 2006 at Edutopia–contacted the two gals who did it original to ask permission to replicate it. http://www.geolit.org/ We, of course, ended up with a much larger project. They’d hoped that their idea would take off but only a couple of schools have done it. Focus on NCLB has really dampened the enthusiasm of any classroom teacher to take on a “non-tested” project, especially one that takes months to complete. Thanks for the kudos.

]]> By: blogwalker http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/comment-page-1/#comment-196 blogwalker Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:21:58 +0000 http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/#comment-196 Nancy, every time I visit one of your online projects, I am amazed at the scope and importance of the work your students are doing. My head is spinning with ideas of how to replicate your CSI project! The Elk Grove area has virtually overnight buried its rural past under suburban housing developments...Yet, on the outskirts there is the tiny farming community of Franklin, sort of a time capsule of an agricultural past. To get to Franklin Elementary School, believe it or not, you drive through a historic cemetery. Its most famous resident, Alexander Hamilton Willard, was part of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Hmmm....To be continued! Oh, TOR = Time of Remembrance Nancy, every time I visit one of your online projects, I am amazed at the scope and importance of the work your students are doing. My head is spinning with ideas of how to replicate your CSI project!

The Elk Grove area has virtually overnight buried its rural past under suburban housing developments…Yet, on the outskirts there is the tiny farming community of Franklin, sort of a time capsule of an agricultural past. To get to Franklin Elementary School, believe it or not, you drive through a historic cemetery. Its most famous resident, Alexander Hamilton Willard, was part of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Hmmm….To be continued!

Oh, TOR = Time of Remembrance

]]> By: Nancy http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Nancy Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:13:35 +0000 http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/#comment-195 Gail, I don't know what TOR is, but sure go ahead and showcase Guardians of Freedom. We did another primary source project this past spring call CSI:Cemetery Scene Investigation http://connections.smsd.org/csi. It was fun but didn't have the human interest of the veterans project (since all the participants were dead!!) Let me know if you write about our projects. Thanks, N. Gail, I don’t know what TOR is, but sure go ahead and showcase Guardians of Freedom. We did another primary source project this past spring call CSI:Cemetery Scene Investigation http://connections.smsd.org/csi. It was fun but didn’t have the human interest of the veterans project (since all the participants were dead!!) Let me know if you write about our projects. Thanks, N.

]]> By: Gail Desler http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Gail Desler Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:54:33 +0000 http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/#comment-192 Nancy, I'm looking at Guardians of Freedom website right now. It is wonderful, absolutely wonderful. I would like to include and showcase it as a TOR website resource. Would that be ok? Nancy, I’m looking at Guardians of Freedom website right now. It is wonderful, absolutely wonderful. I would like to include and showcase it as a TOR website resource. Would that be ok?

]]> By: Nancy http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Nancy Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:42:17 +0000 http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/#comment-191 This is a marvelous project. In 2001 my 5th and 6th graders did an oral history project called Guardians of Freedom. We interviewed 54 WWII veterans. You can see the interviews and all the hoopla that took place before and after at http://connections.smsd.org/veterans The reason I mention this is that I know that when I retire I will look back and say this is the best work I ever did as a teacher. I still hear from people almost 7 years later who want to get in touch with one of the veterans to see if they knew or fought beside their father, uncle or grandfather. Very rarely as teachers do we have opportunities to change peoples' lives. Everyone one who was invloved in our project, students, parents, volunteers and veterans were changed by it and I'm sure that is true with Time of Remembrance. Keep up the good work. This is a marvelous project. In 2001 my 5th and 6th graders did an oral history project called Guardians of Freedom. We interviewed 54 WWII veterans. You can see the interviews and all the hoopla that took place before and after at http://connections.smsd.org/veterans The reason I mention this is that I know that when I retire I will look back and say this is the best work I ever did as a teacher. I still hear from people almost 7 years later who want to get in touch with one of the veterans to see if they knew or fought beside their father, uncle or grandfather. Very rarely as teachers do we have opportunities to change peoples’ lives. Everyone one who was invloved in our project, students, parents, volunteers and veterans were changed by it and I’m sure that is true with Time of Remembrance. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: blogwalker http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/comment-page-1/#comment-190 blogwalker Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:38:47 +0000 http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/#comment-190 Thanks, Larry. If you want to share anything about how you use the clips, just send me the information (or lesson). I would love to add a TOR to Sac City link! Thanks, Larry. If you want to share anything about how you use the clips, just send me the information (or lesson). I would love to add a TOR to Sac City link!

]]> By: Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites Of The Day For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL » Blog Archive » Japanese Internment http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites Of The Day For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL » Blog Archive » Japanese Internment Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:09:03 +0000 http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/#comment-189 [...] Blogwalker shares about an extraordinary history project that they just completed called Time of Remembrance. [...] [...] Blogwalker shares about an extraordinary history project that they just completed called Time of Remembrance. [...]

]]> By: Larry Ferlazzo http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Larry Ferlazzo Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:00:38 +0000 http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/time-of-remembrance-move-over-ken-burns/#comment-188 This is great stuff! I'll certainly be using it in my history classes, and will share this resource on my blog. This is great stuff! I’ll certainly be using it in my history classes, and will share this resource on my blog.

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