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Author Archives: Chris Mackowski
The Trust’s 2019 Teacher Institute: “What story does the Civil War tell?”
“What story does the Civil War tell?” Edward Ayers asked during his Saturday night keynote address at the American Battlefield Trust’s 2019 Teacher Institute. We probably all think we know the answer, but Ayers spent 40 minutes challenging assumptions, reframing … Continue reading
The Trust’s 2019 Teacher Institute: Naming the War
During Friday night’s “think tank” at the American Battlefield Trust’s Teacher Institute, teachers discussed the question, “How does where you live affect how you teach the Civil War?” One of the threads of discussion that spun from the main thread … Continue reading
The Trust’s 2019 Teacher Institute: Bias
On Friday night, teachers at the American Battlefield Trust’s Teacher Institute sat down for an informal “think tank” to share their experiences in the classroom. One of the questions that guided the discussion: “What biases do you think your students … Continue reading
Posted in Memory
Tagged biases, Teacher Institute, Teacher Institute 2019, Teacher Think Tank, Teaching History
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The Trust’s 2019 Teacher Institute: The Last Days of the Confederacy in N.C.
ECW’s good friend Michael Hardy, one of the best regimental-level historians working in the business today, took to the stage in the late morning to talk about the last days of the Confederacy in North Carolina. Of course, the last … Continue reading
The Trust’s 2019 Teacher Institute: The War of 1812
“I’m here to talk to you a little bit about the War of 1812,” said ECW’s Bert Dunkerly when he took to the stage this morning at the Trust’s 2019 Teacher Institute. The war is forgotten and misunderstood, Bert said, … Continue reading
The Trust’s 2019 Teacher Institute: The Great Humanitarian Crisis of the War—Civil War Prisons
As a college professor, I don’t have to sit through many lectures (and I seldom, if ever, actually give any, preferring discussion-based lessons instead). So, it’s been a while since I’ve sat through a lecture and even longer since I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Medical, Memory
Tagged Andersonville, Camp Chemung, Derek Maxfield, Elmira, Hellmira, Helmira, prisons, Teacher Institute, Teacher Institute 2019
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The Trust’s 2019 Teacher Institute: East vs. West
During his session yesterday discussing the eastern theater versus the western theater, Kris White took a few minutes to define the theaters of war. The eastern theater included Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. “It was essentially concentrated in a 200-mile corridor … Continue reading
The Trust’s 2019 Teacher Institute: Where was the Civil War Won?
Once upon a time, in a decade not our own, a young “emerging” historian wrote a thesis paper for his master’s degree at Norwich University. The paper examined the eastern theater and the western theatre and asked, “Where was the … Continue reading
The Trust’s 2019 Teacher Institute: The Garry Adelman 1865 Photo Extravaganza!
Garry Adelman bills his photography presentations as “extravaganzas,” and he’s not stretching the point. Still photographs flash on a big screen in the corner of the room, but Garry’s ebullience as he talks about them radiates with the energy of … Continue reading
The Trust’s Teacher Institute 2019: Dan Davis, the Rev War, and the Southern Campaign
Dan Davis, on the stage now at the Trust’s 2019 National Teacher Institute, provides a great overview of the Southern Campaign from the Revolutionary War.
