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Geoffrey Reiss

Early Lighting: Crusie, Slut, Phoebe, and Betty Lamps - 0 views

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  • Geoffrey Reiss on 23 Jun 10
     
    In our first chapter we said that there was little evidence that rushlighting was ever used in Colonial America. The same cannot be said about Betty lamps. The name "Betty lamp" was often used for a type of lamp that included a crusie, Phoebe, or slut lamp. Colonial Sense will make distinction between the different types. The first lamps were brought over from England and Holland with the Pilgrims. Captain John Carver, the first Governor of Plymouth Colony, brought with him a Dutch iron betty lamp purchased in Holland. The simplest form of lamp brought with the colonists was an iron saucer with one or two lips at the edge to hold a wick. The lamp had similar form to the Greek, Roman, and Assyrian versions. There was a need for lighting in the early days of our country. Edward Winslow, the second Governor of the Plymouth Colony, wrote a letter back to the prospective colonists in 1621 stating, "Bring paper and linseed oil for your windows, with cotton yarn for your lamps."
Richard Ford

Australian War Memorial - 3 views

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  • diary of HV Reynolds These boots are made for walking… too! 23 June 2010 by Dianne Rutherford Observations of a Film and Sound accessions officer… 22 June 2010 by Kassandra Hobbs 1941 anniversary exhibition 18 June 2010 by Karl James A collection of First World War fundraising badges 11 June 2010 by Pen Roberts Prisoners of the Japanese: A radio broadcast 28 May 2010 by Jennifer Selby New display of First World War postcards 11 May 2010 by Pen Roberts Food from Heaven – 460 Squadron and Operation Manna, 1945 29 April 2010 by Dianne Rutherford 95th Anniversary of Gallipoli Campaign 23 April 2010 by Nicholas Schmidt Events Daily closing ceremony Featuring either a live bugler or piper. Proudly sponsored by TransACT 5:00pm in the Commemorative Area Free Memorial Tours are conducted daily Subscribe to our monthly e-mail newsletter Events calendar Coming soon Conference, 5 - 6 August Remembrance Day, 11 November
Geoffrey Reiss

Colonial Sense: Oddities: Leonardo's Robot Knight - 0 views

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  • Geoffrey Reiss on 27 Nov 11
     
    The first design for a humanoid robot is probably the Robot Knight, an automaton designed by Leonardo da Vinci -- if built, it was most certainly the first ever manufactured.
Lance Mosier

Welcome to the Steinway Diary Project | The William Steinway Diary: 1861-1896, Smithson... - 1 views

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    The National Museum of American History is engaged in a long-term project to create the first publicly accessible, annotated online edition of William Steinway's remarkable diary. This first installment of the Web site includes Edwin M. Good's complete transcription of all 2,500 pages of the Diary alongside high-resolution scans of each handwritten page.
Geoffrey Reiss

Colonial Sense: Architecture: Houses: Mount Vernon's South Lane - 0 views

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  • Geoffrey Reiss on 18 Oct 11
     
    Colonial Sense visited the home of our first President, Mount Vernon on October 5, 2011. Our first part at the tour was taken in the interior of George Washington's Mansion. As a three year old in 1735, George lived on the property with his father, Augustine Washington, and family. Augustine acquired the property from his sister in 1726. The Mansion at Mount Vernon did not exist as we know it today, although a home existed on the site. By 1740, the property was given to George's older half-brother, Lawrence Washington. Prior to his death in 1752, Lawrence razed the original house and built a new one and one-half story home wider and longer likely on the site of the original foundation. The initials "LW" were found on a small rectangular stone in the partition wall of the Mansion basement. The stone would have been originally as a foundation corner of Lawrence's newly constructed home. It would have been moved into the wall by George Washington during the reconstruction of the basement in the 1770's.
David Hilton

California, First Person Narratives: General Collections - 0 views

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  • David Hilton on 15 Sep 09
     
    "California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900 consists of the full texts and illustrations of 190 works documenting the formative era of California's history through eyewitness accounts. The collection covers the dramatic decades between the Gold Rush and the turn of the twentieth century.
anonymous

The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme - 0 views

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    Educational Materials Please do not hesitate to request information material such as: - Study Guide "The Last Flight of Petr Ginz" (available in English, French and Spanish) - Women and the Holocaust educational DVD and study guide (available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Chinese (subtitles)) - Discussion Papers Journal, Volume I (available in all UN official languages) - Discussion Papers Journal, Volume II (available in English) - Footprints for Hope educational video DVD (available in all UN official languages (subtitles)) - Posters (available in English, French, Spanish and Russian) - Commemorative DVD (highlighting the first universal observance of the International Day of Commemoration on memory of the victims of the holocaust
Dean Mantz

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  • Dean Mantz on 02 Jun 14
     
    Here is a description of Contextu via Richard Byrne's Free Technology For Teachers posting: Ken Halla, the blogger behind the US History Teachers Blog, has been working on an excellent new site for students of US History. The new site is called ContextU and its purpose is to help students see the greater context for significant events in history. The first iteration of ContextU is focused on the American Civil War. On ContextU students select from a table of contents an event, piece of legislation, or theme to see it in the context of other events, pieces of legislation, and themes leading to the start of the Civil War. Through timelines, Google Maps, diagrams, flow charts, timelines, and text ContextU provides context for each chosen event, piece of legislation, or theme. Students can jump from event to event or from theme to theme by following the hyperlinks within each diagram.
Wendy Windust

Rome Reborn - 10 views

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  • Wendy Windust on 16 Aug 12
     
    Rome Reborn is an international initiative whose goal is the creation of 3D digital models illustrating the urban development of ancient Rome from the first settlement in the late Bronze Age (ca. 1000 B.C.) to the depopulation of the city in the early Middle Ages (ca. A.D. 550).
Lance Mosier

education.timerime.com - 5 views

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  • Lance Mosier on 03 Jun 10
     
    TimeRime is a web application, which allows people to view, create, share and compare interactive timelines. In its first year TimeRime has become a popular website for schools and students. Students make timelines of subjects from class, or of their own research. They can do this individually or in groups. TimeRime introduces the education account for schools, universities and other organizations that have the need for an advertisement free, closed online environment to make, view and grade timelines.
candice hills

Zero Hour - 1 views

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  • candice hills on 07 Jul 10
     
    Zero Hour is a digital archive for teachers and students studying Australians in the First World War. It was presented today at the HTA Conference by Michael Molkentin and it is so good!!!! Check it out! It's got a teachers section (with a sample assessment task and marking criteria, plus other lesson ideas). I can't wait to use it in my classes!
Lance Mosier

Smithsonian's History Explorer - 4 views

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  • Lance Mosier on 08 Oct 10
     
    This unit will introduce the first major clash in the Civil War--the Battle of Bull Run--and encourage students to consider the perspectives of ordinary citizens of the North and the South and the impact of this battle on their lives. The activities are based on the award-winning young adult novel Bull Run by Paul Fleischman.
Geoffrey Reiss

Colonial Sense: Journals: Friedrich Gerstäcker - 0 views

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    It might seem ill-conceived to call Arkansas a colonial state, for it was not one of the thirteen original colonies. It was a state in the 1700's that gave shelter to the French, English, Scottish traders, slaves, and pioneers. The Arkansas post was inhabited by mainly hunters and vagabonds. Arkansas was noted for its poverty and cultural backwardness. Horse powered grist mills came to Arkansas in 1791, almost one hundred years after they appeared in Illinois. The Arkansas Post's first sawmill was erected in 1804, one year after the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France. Arkansas was well underdeveloped compared to Louisiana during colonial times.
David Hilton

The notebooks of William Dawes on the language of Sydney - 1 views

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    "The Aboriginal language of Sydney is one of many Indigenous languages spoken in Australia. Almost destroyed in the whirlwind of colonisation, it was documented by William Dawes, an officer of the First Fleet of 1787-88"
Matt Henderson

Canadian Human Rights Commission :: Home :: Overview :: Expanding Knowledge - 1 views

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  • Matt Henderson on 16 Oct 11
     
    First Nations people are allowed to make complaints under the Canadian Human Rights Act - as of last year.
Michael Servetus Research

Michael Servetus Research - 0 views

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    Hello, after 18 years of research on Michael Servetus ( genius from Renaissance, first European that described the pulmonary circulation, theologian and defender of Tolerance)we developed this website. http://www.michaelservetusresearch.com . We tried it would be educative, academic, and also scholarly in some areas. We present a chronology, study on the 10 new works & primary sources from documents we found. Also many links and resources that I will share here as soon as they are in English. Thanks for checking.
Geoffrey Reiss

Colonial Sense: Holidays: The Real Thanksgiving - 0 views

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  • Geoffrey Reiss on 16 Dec 11
     
    A little late, but added a new article on the real Thanksgiving by guest contributor Dr. Margaret O'Shaughnessey…it wasn't what you were taught...
Bette Lou Higgins

Creator of First 50-Star American Flag Dies - Local News | News Articles | National New... - 1 views

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    Robert Heft obituary Designed the 50 star US Flag
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