I know you are probably looking for a simple go here type answer, but I'm going to try a wider tack at it. I would like to share some thoughts and then I'm...
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Ellen Moore
boatcapt@...
Feb 26, 2006 11:31 pm
The Adair County (Iowa) Historical Society’s annual meeting April 1 will be a celebration of the restoration of their country school, Harrison No. 8 and...
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Mark L Shanks
living-history
Feb 28, 2006 4:54 am
Sarah: First let me commend you for broadly addressing the question of costuming in living history presentations such as recreating one room schools. I very...
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James and Mary Krier
jmcrier4
Feb 28, 2006 5:31 pm
I appreciate your advice Mark and would like to help those of you authenticators who wish to employ a professional clothing research and replication team. ...
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robansuefarm
Feb 28, 2006 7:46 pm
I'm glad to get a discussion going and I hope other people will chime in. Again, historic clothing isn't my main focus of interest (that would be foodways),...
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robansuefarm
Mar 1, 2006 5:53 pm
I'm so glad someone asked because I didn't realize I only had the earlier McGuffey readers in the resource section. I also confused the date. I was thinking of...
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robansuefarm
Mar 1, 2006 6:29 pm
I came across this article while I was looking for something else and I think it gives a good introduction to teaching handwriting in schools. I'm going to be...
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robansuefarm
Mar 5, 2006 11:40 pm
My handwriting project has continued and I've found an interview of one of the best penman left (you should see his book - it does mention Christianity briefly...
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Fay Stone
bouzhouahniin
Mar 7, 2006 11:14 pm
I have taken a course from Mike Sull on Spencerian Writing, and have really enjoyed learning. I think it far too difficult for a child. Which is why the Palmer...
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Mark L Shanks
living-history
Mar 9, 2006 12:56 am
Dear Fay: ... I'm not sure what you mean by this... Certainly readers prior to the McGuffey series (first published in 1837) had been divided by acending...
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Fay Stone
bouzhouahniin
Mar 12, 2006 9:19 pm
Mark Shanks, Thanks for sharing the info. It's always good to share information. That's how we learn. I was not aware of a statewide standard text that early...
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robansuefarm
Mar 13, 2006 3:14 pm
This article returns to the school in Florida which is still in trouble. From the photos, it seems to be in the shape of a letter C a design I've just seen a...
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robansuefarm
Mar 20, 2006 11:52 pm
Thanks for the lead. If anybody knows of any other non-McGuffey reprints, please let me know. The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center has reprinted the...
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Robert Goodman
robertdgoodmanjr@...
Mar 21, 2006 5:44 pm
There is another Iowa reenactor and seamstress, who does excellent work for a nationwide clientelle. She gives attention to detail, authenticity, and fit, and...
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Lucy Townsend
blackwelled
Mar 23, 2006 5:43 pm
I have enough McGuffey readers for visitors to use while doing reenactments in our reconstructed one-room school, but I would also like to have enough Dick and...
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Robain sue farm
robansuefarm
Mar 23, 2006 10:38 pm
If you check out the Resources Page on the listserv website you'll find "Dick and Jane readers 1-6, Mostly wooden pogo stick, 1935 replica Monopoly, 1949...
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Michael Mescher
vmescher
Mar 24, 2006 1:40 am
If you go an ebay and do a search for "Dick and Jane" you will have an abundance of reprints and originals to choose from. The originals aren't too bad in...
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robansuefarm
Mar 25, 2006 7:57 pm
It's a familiar story. This time being played out in California. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20060316-9999- 1mi16palo.html Sarah S. Uthoff...
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Casey Smith
rippletonsch...
Mar 27, 2006 7:33 pm
I am hosting a program for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders in a few weeks about games and past times from the 1800 and early 1900s. I have a whole list of games that...
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David Lininger
tss003@...
Mar 27, 2006 7:50 pm
... Hoops? Baseball, basketball, and football all were known (if not in their current form) then. -- David Lininger, kb0zke, MS/HS librarian Hickory County R-1...
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Michael Mescher
vmescher
Mar 27, 2006 7:51 pm
... If you check our website (www.raggedsoldier.com) , in the Books, Modern section, you will find a book written by my husband, titled, _American Children's...
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Robain sue farm
robansuefarm
Mar 27, 2006 10:16 pm
One that I've had a lot of luck with is ring toss. I built mine off my mother's description of the one from her one-room school in the 1950s, but I've seen...
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Fay Stone
bouzhouahniin
Mar 29, 2006 10:32 pm
One we played inside our school when the weather was inclement was Eraser Tag. The children are in teams (rows) first one gets the eraser off the chalk board,...
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dhavran@...
Mar 30, 2006 4:06 am
We Played the same games mentioned in this note. But on our erasure races we had to balance the erasure on our heads. If the erasure fell off we had to start...
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robansuefarm
Mar 31, 2006 5:21 pm
I just found this section of a more elaborate Prairie unit. Check it out. http://fp.uni.edu/iowaonline/prairievoices/images/Iowas_One- Room_Schools.pdf Sarah...
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Casey Smith
rippletonsch...
Apr 3, 2006 2:47 pm
This is sad to read about... "As long as something still is standing, you always can work something out to preserve it." ...
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robansuefarm
Apr 9, 2006 7:48 pm
A recent article about a change in director at a one-room museum contained this quote: "When asked why this revitalization interest at this time Laurence ...
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Langs
lang@...
Apr 10, 2006 1:04 am
The Historical Society of Marshall County, Iowa is seeking funding now and after July 1st, work will begin to renovate our country school to it's original 1913...
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Sharon Cook
gmasharon39
Apr 10, 2006 2:30 am
The McGee-Brick School Foundation has been in the process of restoring our little oneroom brick school here in Delaware County for about 6 years now. When we...
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Susan Uthoff
robansuefarm
Apr 30, 2006 5:32 pm
Passing this along. I hope to see many of you there. Sarah S. Uthoff ... From: - Wed Apr 26 22:51:12 2006 X-UIDL: 1fyQ7Z7JT3Nl3qW1 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 ...
