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Greg Eschenlohr replied to Carol Buswell's discussion FINAL PROJECTS in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
"Well, here it goes.  Thanks for offering this opportunity to create something useful from the Archives.Anuah course powerpoint.pptx"
Apr 10, 2013
Greg Eschenlohr replied to Carol Buswell's discussion Lesson 9 Discussion in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
"Mostly because I knew nothing about it, I chose "Teaching With Documents:  The Don Henry Story"  It's basically a story of a student at the University of Kansas who changes his political views, then decides to join the fight against fascism in…"
Mar 31, 2013
Greg Eschenlohr replied to Carol Buswell's discussion Lesson 8 in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
"With my bias toward looking at something I could use in a World History class, I looked at the "Deadly Virus" exhibit about the Influenza epidemic of 1918.  I was disappointed but not surprised that the collection contained no documents about areas…"
Mar 28, 2013
Greg Eschenlohr replied to Carol Buswell's discussion Lesson 7 in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
"Ok, I mostly made a worksheet that compares what students normally do to research with what we've learned about researching the archives.  My challenge was trying to make a working link to any of the materials which have been used in searching this…"
Mar 28, 2013
DPrice replied to Greg Eschenlohr's discussion Doccy and Nat become an item in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
"An funny cartoon with captions. What a great way to remember the search methods!"
Mar 16, 2013
Greg Eschenlohr replied to Carol Buswell's discussion Lesson 6 in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
"Spent about an hour perusing to find information about the American "colonization" of Alaska, but I've not been very good at searching so far.  Part of it is my fault, but I cannot get 1000 or 2000 results at a time.  I get the message :
Service…"
Mar 12, 2013
Greg Eschenlohr replied to Carol Buswell's discussion Lesson 5 Discussion in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
"I itemized what I found below, but I also have a bit more work to do due to the change in how we can use YouTube on the district's servers.
 
1. Fall 2012, Vol. 44, No. 2
Errors in the Constitution—Typographical and Congressional
This article from…"
Feb 28, 2013
Greg Eschenlohr replied to Carol Buswell's discussion Lesson 4 Discussion in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
"I was identified as 81% musical and interpersonal, followed by 75% bodily/kinesthetic.  My idea for transcribing and analyzing primary sources using these three learning styles requires another source which I used to use, but I haven't in a while:…"
Feb 26, 2013
Robyn Dexter replied to Greg Eschenlohr's discussion Doccy and Nat become an item in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
"I love that! Great work."
Feb 25, 2013
Carol Buswell replied to Greg Eschenlohr's discussion Doccy and Nat become an item in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
"Greg,
I am totally blown away.  I am hoping all of you use this for explaining archives to your students or anyone else!  What fun this class is! "
Feb 22, 2013
Greg Eschenlohr replied to Carol Buswell's discussion Lesson 3 Discussion in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
"Oops, put Nat and doccy in the wrong section....I'll fix it tomorrow "
Feb 21, 2013
Greg Eschenlohr posted a discussion in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
Here it is.  My masterpiece :)Doccy and Nat lesson 3.pdf
Feb 21, 2013
Greg Eschenlohr replied to Carol Buswell's discussion Lesson 2 Discussion in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
"These are all really cool ideas!  Any clue where the ocr capability is in GoogleDocs?"
Jan 30, 2013
Greg Eschenlohr replied to Carol Buswell's discussion Lesson 2 Discussion in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
"(entirely stolen from the College Board)  I use the SOAPSTone and gist method of analysis of primary sources.  I have students identify the speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, setting and tone of the document.  In addition, I have them write a few…"
Jan 24, 2013
Greg Eschenlohr replied to Carol Buswell's discussion Lesson 1 Discussion in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
"I feel like there would need to be multiple types of documents to keep in my "classroom archive".  These would include past statistical data from my classes, lesson information, ancillary materials for my lessons, examples  and core materials for my…"
Jan 24, 2013
Greg Eschenlohr replied to Carol Buswell's discussion Please tell us about yourselves in Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
"Hi.  My name is Greg Eschenlohr.  I am a teacher of World History, German I, and Weight Training at Service High School in Anchorage.  I also coach Football at the school.  I am a Front End Manager at Carrs Abbott in my "free time".  I have three…"
Jan 24, 2013