Ohio in the Civil War

[ringfinder]

Hi all,

A friend of mine asked me to do a favor for him. His Son-in-Law is a teacher at a local school and he was wondering
if I could do a program about Ohio in the Civil War for him. Of course I said no problem, I would love to do it.

Looking through the Internet I found many interesting items to talk about. How many presidents from Ohio served in the CW, how many prisoner of war camps were in Ohio and where were they located, questions and answers like that.

My presentation was only supposed to be 25 minutes long, but it ended up being over an hour. I made a CD of the DIV XI finds and included it in my program. Boy I couldn't believe all the interest from those 5th & 6th graders. I had a total of 85 youngsters in the class. After the program I opened it up for questions. Lots and lots of questions. I am sure that in the future those students will be more interested in the Civil War. The teacher told me that there history book only had one page on the Civil War. He has already invited me back next year for another program. Many students told me of items they had found and many of them told me of bottle dumps.

Thanks for looking, hope you all had a great week, I know I did and I didn't even detect.

Best Regards,
Denny Morrison
Ringfinder

 

[Dman]

Looks like everyone had a great time.

 

[ringfinder]

They did, only thing that would have made it better would have had some Tenn. boys helping me. LOL

 

[Michiganne]

Great story, Denny! I'm sure you made the CW history much more alive for them.

teacher told me that there history book only had one page on the Civil War. This is very sad though.

HH

 

[mlayers]

Great now all you need is permission to hunt those civil war sites.....Matt

 

[ringfinder]

Great story, Denny! I'm sure you made the CW history much more alive for them.

teacher told me that there history book only had one page on the Civil War. This is very sad though.

HH

I agree with the sad state of our history books. Thank Goodness for a teacher who respects all history.

HH, Ringfinder

 

[ringfinder]

Great now all you need is permission to hunt those civil war sites.....Matt

I have hunted some of them Matt, but most of them are protected now.

 

[VOL1266-X]

Great Job Denny. Funny you mentioned the Tennessee Boys-I am scheduled to teach 4th graders about local CW History on Tuesday at the local Elementary school and take them on a tour of the Battle of Hartsville Tennessee on Wednesday. I believe enlightening young minds on CW history is VERY important and I know you do also. WTG!!!

 

[ringfinder]

Great Job Denny. Funny you mentioned the Tennessee Boys-I am scheduled to teach 4th graders about local CW History on Tuesday at the local Elementary school and take them on a tour of the Battle of Hartsville Tennessee on Wednesday. I believe enlightening young minds on CW history is VERY important and I know you do also. WTG!!!

Wow, Quindy, can I come down and give you a hand? I could send you a CD to help with your presentation.

That would be a awesome field trip.

HH, Denny

 

[Digginman]

How can a history book only cover the Civil War in one page

You did good, helped make history come alive.

DM

 

[ringfinder]

Now that's a darn good question. Thankfully the teacher loves history more than what the book puts out.

HH, Ringfinder

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

if the teacher loved history, he would have dumped the canned history program, and found a text with the information he desired to teach...
i found more than one page and that was on line.

 

[Detectingfreak]

Thats awesome!!! Nice job on the Civil War presentation! I hope those kids gave you legitament spots to hunt for bottles

 

[ringfinder]

if the teacher loved history, he would have dumped the canned history program, and found a text with the information he desired to teach...
i found more than one page and that was on line.

Oh the teacher did his homework. He had all kinds of books on the Civil war, of course they were ones that he had bought and brought to class. I was just an added attraction. LOL

HH, Ringfinder

 

[Tnmountains]

They did, only thing that would have made it better would have had some Tenn. boys helping me. LOL

I have several friends who are History teachers here in Tennessee. They are avid civil war collectors. They all teach the kids about the civil war in class because of all our battle sites. I am glad you took time to teach as well. We used to do field trips to Chickamauga and Missionary ridge. Of course in the south my parents were still upset about the way some battles were handled and it still causes heated discussions to this day. I am glad history lives on and people realise the sacrifices of all the men that took part. Oh yeah Braxton Bragg and Rosecran are way over rated!!!! LOL
Good job sir.

TnMountains

 

[eldorado]

you are a very brave man... must be wise too.. I wish I could have been there to learn with the young n's

 

[CRUSADER]

I've done similar in schools over here, & lent lots of period stuff to teachers to show the kids.

A few weeks ago, I gave an interested young boy a 1860s period lead bullet, like your 3 ringers. I said you might like to show it at school. Anyway I saw him recently & he said he got in trouble for taking a bullet into the school. I had to laugh a bit, Health & Safety has gone bloody mad! They either don't understand its safe or think the kids are stupid enough to chew on the lead (which I did warn him not to do & wash his hands after handling, just to be careful).

 

[Slipperyjack47]

Great story and pics! I think its awesome that you took your valuable time and gave back to the young people the love of history that you have....Kudos!


HH
Slipperyjack47

 

[STH69]

Very nice, they get so much more out of that then anything else! thanks for sharing with them.

 

[ringfinder]

i had an 8th grade reading class out on the rez....16 year old 8th graders...
of course the education system made money buying a canned reading program...i threw it out and was teaching the kids how to read...told them to bring what ever interested them into class...and we were going to learn how to read...of course no porn or any such garbage...had the children interested, and the principle found out...he threw a pissie fit...
rather than admit the 'program' did not work..they spent more money to "retrain " me...to use their program...
duh.
if it worked..i wouldn't have had 16 year old eight graders who couldn't read...

I like your attitude, it must be hard to be a teacher in modern times. Keep up the good work, we need teachers like you.

Best Regards,
Denny Morrison