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Asylum Point

12/16/2020

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A few weekends ago I visited Asylum Point Park.  It is at the site of the former county asylum.  They have a lighthouse on an island and as you can see the bridge is out.  They were supposed to fix it, but COVID threw everyone's plans into turmoil.  It was a nice hike and saw the old cemetery.  This old cemetery contains the remains of the inmates of the asylum and their graves are marked by numbers.
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Full Steam Ahead Episode 3

12/14/2020

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Episode 3 of Full Steam Ahead covers the impact of train on Food Distribution.  Langladas, Goodman, and Ginn explore how food was gotten to market, the impact on diets, and what industries came to depend on the train.  Here are the questions and answers for Episode 3. 

For use in the classroom, just highlight, copy and paste into a word document.  This series is available on YouTube.

Questions
  1. What was the train used for in this episode?
  2. The trains helped who get their food to markets and faster.
  3. What food consumption tripled due to trains during the 19th Century?
  4. What helped make people aware of an approaching train?
  5. What industry was important to Whitby?
  6. How many herring could be gutted in one minute?
  7. What became a popular dish in Britain due to trains?
  8. How can they tell how hot the oil is?
  9. What was the new style of dining?
  10. What was used to pull a steel plow?

Answers
  1. What was the train used for in this episode? - Food distribution
  2. The trains helped who get their food to markets and faster. - Farmers
  3. What food consumption tripled due to trains during the 19th Century? - Meat
  4. What helped make people aware of an approaching train? - Whistle
  5. What industry was important to Whitby? -Fishing
  6. How many herring could be gutted in one minute? - 16
  7. What became a popular dish in Britain due to trains? - Fish and Chips
  8. How can they tell how hot the oil is? - Spit into pan
  9. What was the new style of dining? - Take away
  10. What was used to pull a steel plow? - A steel rope
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Abandoned

12/13/2020

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Took a trip around the countryside and discovered this lovely.  Perhaps at one point it was a general store.  It is on a busy county road.  It isn't a very welcoming place today, but I bet in the past it was a hoppin' spot!  Hopefully one day it can be fixed up.  With a good wifi connection, the owners could have offered this place as a "learning pod," during these COVID times.

Location is Rural Oconto County and there is a Private Property Sign in the building.  Take only pictures and leave only tire tracks or footprints.
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Full Steam Ahead Episode 2

12/11/2020

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Episode 2 of Full Steam Ahead:  Railroads became people movers on top of moving goods across England.  The first railroad cars for people were very primitive and some enterprising people started creating more comfortable cars.  Ginn, Goodman, and Langladas explore this new world of railroads transporting people.

Questions and Answers are below.  The Series is available on YouTube.

For use in the classroom, just highlight, copy and paste into a word document.  This series is available on YouTube.

How many million nomadic workers worked on the railroad.

What type of tree used to make sleepers?

Where did England import wood for the railroad?

What were the early train seats based on?

How fast could trains go?

What were the train cushions made from?

Who was the head of the new railroad workforce?

Who was responsible for passenger safety?

What was put on the track to alert the train of a train in trouble?

What help make trains safer?


How many million nomadic workers worked on the railroad.
Quarter of a million

What type of tree used to make sleepers?
Oak/hardwood

Where did England import wood for the railroad?
North America

What were the early train seats based on?
Church Pews

How fast could trains go?
65 mph

What were the train cushions made from?
horsehair

Who was the head of the new railroad workforce?
Station Master

Who was responsible for passenger safety?
Guard

What was put on the track to alert the train of a train in trouble?
Denonator

What help make trains safer?
Lights

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Full Steam Ahead - Episode 1

12/9/2020

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Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman and Alex Langladas explore the history of the British Railway system in this series!  This first episode highlights the roots of British Railways.  This is an excellent series to use in the classroom because it highlights the impact railroads had on Britain, perhaps even the world.  I showed an episode of the series to a US History class to see if they could glean ideas from the series for how the railroads would have an impact in America.

Questions and Answers for the first episode are now available.

For use in the classroom, just highlight, copy and paste into a word document.  This series is available on YouTube.

Episode 1
  1. What two areas did the railroads have their biggest impact?
  2. What other purpose did straw serve?
  3. What was the first railroad engine?
  4. What else did the railroads use to transport goods?
  5. How many carts can the steam engines carry uphill?
  6. What were the four sizes of slate?  What was the newly invented slate size?
  7. What prevented the train from slipping?
  8.  Prices on what fell by a 1/3?
  9.  What chore became a way of life?
  10.  How many miles did the team go down hill?

Episode Answers
  1. What two areas did the railroads have their biggest impact? - Domestic/Home life and industry
  2. What other purpose did straw serve? - Thatched roofs
  3. What was the first railroad engine? - Horses
  4. What else did the railroads use to transport goods? - Gravity
  5. How many carts can the steam engines carry uphill? - Over 100
  6. What were the four sizes of slate?  What was the newly invented slate size? - Empress, Duchess, Countess, Lady, Parlor maid
  7. What prevented the train from slipping? - Sand
  8.  Prices on what fell by a 1/3? - Coal
  9.  What chore became a way of life? - Laundry
  10.  How many miles did the team go down hill? - 14 miles
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Geographics

12/7/2020

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Simon is back!  This channel explores the world and all it's unique places.

Teachers and students alike should be able to find something to learn about.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw

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Biographics

12/4/2020

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I found this fantastic channel on YouTube about historical figures.  If you're a teacher and you need a quick clip about a historical figure for your class this is the channel for you.

It's called Biographics and Simon is a fantastic narrator.  You can learn about Jackson Pollock or Richard Wagner, you can learn about mass murderers or aviators through this channels. There are a variety of historic figures featured on the channel and there is no excuse to not find someone interesting to learn about! 

Channel Link: www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ

I developed a short worksheet to go with the Biographics Channel that teachers can use in their classroom whether it is real or virtual.
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Secrets of The Castle

12/2/2020

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Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, and Tom Pinford are at it again!  This time helping build an 13th Century French Castle.

Each episode tackles an aspect of castle building: from setting up a temporary home for the castle workers, to blacksmithing, to stonework, millwork and creating a castle home.  This not only is a fantastic series for a world history classroom but a math class and STEAM class.  It makes one appreciate the skill in castle building and anyone should find something to learn from this series.

When I subbed in a middle school history class, the students were working on a project involving the Medieval period, so I showed them the first episode of the this series to help give them ideas for their class projects!  The class responded well to the video and I ended up showing the second episode in a study hall class.

This castle is part of the world's longest archaeological experiment.  You can learn more about it here:  www.guedelon.fr/en/
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