Greetings!
Yesterday, I spent the day reading through old documents at a historical society. By old I mean like around 1775! I read letters from a soldier to his wife during the American Revolution! How cool is that????? I even got to wear the white "Mickey Mouse" gloves to read through all the letters . . . . in case you are not aware of it - our hands (skin) have oils on them that can destroy the letters so you have to wear the protective gloves to preserve the letters. The handwriting was difficult to read since the ink had faded over the years and the spelling was quite "unique" - for example, they spelled "which" this way: WITCH. Reminded me of my students and their spelling habits. :-)
I then went to a public library to research old newspaper articles from the time period as well. Everything is on microfilm and I could make copies of the articles.
So far, I've come up with some good material and primary source information for my lesson plan for the Using Essex History class. And, I'm pumped about using the materials in my local History class that I teach at my school.
That due date is coming quick! :-)
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what fun treasures to be sifting thru... isn't it amazing that those items are there to go thru. so many people throw things away... they just don't understand that items will be "histoy" to future generations
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