Teaching the Civil War with Technology

Hi, Here is another acrostic poem. This time it is about Julia Grant, the wife of the 18th President Ulysses S. Grant.

Julia Grant was born at White House Plantation in St. Louis, Missouri

U. S. Grant proposed to her several times times before she said yes

Lonely without Ulysses Grant

In 1869, she entered the White House to begin, “the happiest period of her life”

Attended 1897 dedication of Grant’s tomb in New York City

Grant’s had 3 sons and a daughter

Received the position of 1st Lady

A family marriage held at the White House

Next to her husband’s grave

The 1st First Lady to write a memoir

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Today was the state wide competition for the Pennsylvania Middle School Computer Fair was held at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa.  As you know, my daughter Sarah has her Civil War Sallie project and she had entered her project in the Web Page Design Category.   Well, I’m here to tell you that Sarah and Sallie took 1st place today.  We are very proud of all the hard work Sarah has put into Civil War Sallie.

Here is a photo of Sarah prior to the start of the judging:

and here is Sarah with her ceremonial check:

Sallie is looking for Civil War museums, battlefields and classrooms learning about Civil War to visit.  She would love to come visit you in order to learn more about the Civil War while sharing her experiences on her blog or Flickr page.

Please go and check out Sallie’s home page and if you teach the Civil War, live or work near a Civil War battlefield or museum sign up to have Sallie come visit you.

Congratulations to Sarah and Civil War Sallie.  Next up for Sarah is the National Educational Computing Conference where she will be participating in the student showcase while Sallie will be traveling to Andersonville Prison in Georgia.

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As part of her Pa Middle School Computer Fair project, my daughter has created a very cool project.  Based on an idea called Morpheus Fortuna, she has created an educational “follow me” project to get kids to learn more about the Civil War and using technology in the classroom.

Introducing Civil War Sallie.

Civil War Sallie with Sallie Ann Jarret of the 11th Pa Vol Inf in Gettysburg

Sallie is looking for Civil War museums, battlefields and classrooms learning about Civil War to visit.  She would love to come visit you in order to learn more about the Civi War while sharing her experiences on her blog or Flickr page.

Please go and check out Sallie’s home page and if you teach the Civil War, live or work near a Civil War battlefield or museum sign up to have Sallie come visit you.

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My daughter Sarah and I recently presented at the Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies conference in Gettysburg.  I presented on ideas for Using Technology to Teach the Civil War and as part of my presentation, Sarah talked about her 4th grade biography project on Clara Barton.  I’m very proud of how well is presenting with me.

After the conference we took a ride around the battlefield and I snapped this photo of her sitting on the rocks in Devil’s Den with Little Round Top behind her.

Clara Barton was known as “The Angel of the Battlefield” for her work in helping wounded soldiers.  This photo shows my “Angel of the Battlefield”

In addition to presenting at this conference, she also presented with me at the 2008 Civil War Preservation Trust’s Teacher’s Institute and will be presenting with me a few more times in the coming months.

Here is the PowerPoint from the PCSS Conference for you to review.

I’m working on revising my presentation to something more special around a web theme, but more on that later.

UPDATE:  Check out the wiki page for our TRETC presentation

Until next time…

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