Extra Credit Questions
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04-06-2018, 05:51 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-06-2018 05:52 AM by Gene C.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
India?
Didn't Booth spend some time there? So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in? |
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04-06-2018, 06:16 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
I guess India, too.
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04-06-2018, 06:27 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Good try, Joe, but kudos, Gene and Eva! This picture was taken of a wall in the dining room of a B&B in a small village in Cochin, India. And yes, Gene, one of the "Booth escaped" theories has him ending up in India.
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04-06-2018, 06:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-06-2018 06:41 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
This book which I HIGHLY recommend has a chapter on India's take and "use" of Lincoln as well as how he was/is perceived in many other countries on all continents:
http://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussio...ght=Global It contains a lot of fascinating information that I guarantee will be new to even those who think they've read it all. |
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04-21-2018, 05:12 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Here is a quote:
"I seem to recollect having heard as a boy that I was born in the _______________________." This is a two part question. Who said this, and what goes in the blank? |
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04-21-2018, 06:24 PM
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04-22-2018, 03:47 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Excellent, Michael! In chapter one of Jason Emerson's bio on Robert it says:
"Interestingly, Robert himself was not certain where he was born. I seem to recollect having heard as a boy that I was born in the Globe Tavern,” Robert wrote to a friend in 1886, “but I have also in later years seen such a newspaper statement and therefore was inclined to think otherwise. It is probably true for what it is worth." |
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05-31-2018, 05:29 AM
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RE: The Study of Lincoln...
I continue to be saddened by the lack of knowledge, especially among young people, concerning Lincoln specifically- and American history overall. Our schools are failing us. Even more saddening is the fact that people believe the sound bites they are reading on the Internet. I am on FaceBook. Much of what I read there is bias or inaccurate. We are in trouble.
Bill Nash |
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05-31-2018, 08:08 AM
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RE: The Study of Lincoln...
I think that an understanding and appreciation of Lincoln can be achieved only with the perspective of maturity. Neither of those two goals of education can exist for a person who lacks the ability to view Lincoln first as a person of his times, and then, of our times. For some of us he “lives” because we can place him in the context of our lives. (We can wonder “what would Lincoln do in this situation?” and imagine a plausible answer.) If many teenagers have an incomplete knowledge of history it is because they can’t see its relevance to them and because they’ve suffered through poor teaching. Our schools do bear some responsibility for this. But mere knowledge isn’t understanding or appreciation—those come only with time. I think the luckier ones of us grow into Lincoln.
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06-01-2018, 07:35 AM
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RE: The Study of Lincoln...
Well stated. I would like to think that growing into Lincoln happens because somewhere along the way-like in school- a seed has bern planted in a young person’s mind about him. More and more I am not seeing that the seed was planted.
Bill Nash |
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06-01-2018, 08:42 AM
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RE: The Study of Lincoln...
(06-01-2018 07:35 AM)LincolnMan Wrote: Well stated. I would like to think that growing into Lincoln happens because somewhere along the way-like in school- a seed has bern planted in a young person’s mind about him. More and more I am not seeing that the seed was planted. I live in central Illinois, where everyone knows Lincoln. But at ALPLM I see kids from all over. Often they are students who show up on a school trip well taught, focused, and using the trip to help complete an assignment. That's one extreme. The other is that there are plenty of kids who are ignorant of some basic Lincoln facts. I'm often asked, "Why did Booth shoot Lincoln?" (An intelligent question.) And I also see teenagers who stare at the figure of Booth going into Lincoln's theater box and have no clue what his name is. |
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06-12-2018, 05:39 PM
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RE: The Study of Lincoln...
I’m heartened to hear that some of our young people are learning about Lincoln. I work in Detroit. The experience is quite different. The collective memory of what Lincoln did has been lost. The study of that history is gone.
Bill Nash |
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06-12-2018, 07:19 PM
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RE: The Study of Lincoln...
If current educational trends continue, there will likely be many more historical figures that no one (child or adult) will know about...
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06-13-2018, 10:13 PM
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RE: The Study of Lincoln...
(12-16-2017 03:09 PM)LincolnMan Wrote: To all those interested in the study of Lincoln: Wow that was great for a way to approach the study of Lincoln. Good for thought. Thanks so much!!! Danny West |
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06-18-2018, 05:03 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Name all of these people, left to right:
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