Comments on: Virginia’s Civil War Sesquicentennial Arrives in the Classroom http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/10/virginias-civil-war-sesquicentennial-arrives-in-the-classroom/ Where History, Heritage, and Education Intersect Thu, 24 May 2012 14:23:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kevin Levin http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/10/virginias-civil-war-sesquicentennial-arrives-in-the-classroom/#comment-12838 Kevin Levin Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:24:39 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5395#comment-12838 Sorry for not picking up the sarcasm. It's been a long week. I agree that the Blight lectures are first rate, but I don't think I would subject my students to it. Glad you found them worthwhile. Sorry for not picking up the sarcasm. It's been a long week. I agree that the Blight lectures are first rate, but I don't think I would subject my students to it. Glad you found them worthwhile.

]]> By: msimons http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/10/virginias-civil-war-sesquicentennial-arrives-in-the-classroom/#comment-12837 msimons Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:17:13 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5395#comment-12837 For HS students you would be blessed if we all showed them David Blights Yale Lecture series. <br><br>IMO the best series of lectures on the war I have ever seen. For HS students you would be blessed if we all showed them David Blights Yale Lecture series.

IMO the best series of lectures on the war I have ever seen.

]]> By: John Maass http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/10/virginias-civil-war-sesquicentennial-arrives-in-the-classroom/#comment-12840 John Maass Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:58:40 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5395#comment-12840 But Bud Robertson IS inside the halls of academia, and he was the driving force behind this video! But Bud Robertson IS inside the halls of academia, and he was the driving force behind this video!

]]> By: John Maass http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/10/virginias-civil-war-sesquicentennial-arrives-in-the-classroom/#comment-12839 John Maass Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:57:22 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5395#comment-12839 I went to the commission meeting on Mon. It was encouraging to see that the Committee Chairman is the speaker of the house of delegates, and he is very involved. I went to the commission meeting on Mon. It was encouraging to see that the Committee Chairman is the speaker of the house of delegates, and he is very involved.

]]> By: Kevin Levin http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/10/virginias-civil-war-sesquicentennial-arrives-in-the-classroom/#comment-12109 Kevin Levin Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:24:39 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5395#comment-12109 Sorry for not picking up the sarcasm. It's been a long week. I agree that the Blight lectures are first rate, but I don't think I would subject my students to it. Glad you found them worthwhile. Sorry for not picking up the sarcasm. It's been a long week. I agree that the Blight lectures are first rate, but I don't think I would subject my students to it. Glad you found them worthwhile.

]]> By: msimons http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/10/virginias-civil-war-sesquicentennial-arrives-in-the-classroom/#comment-12108 msimons Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:17:13 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5395#comment-12108 For HS students you would be blessed if we all showed them David Blights Yale Lecture series. <br><br>IMO the best series of lectures on the war I have ever seen. For HS students you would be blessed if we all showed them David Blights Yale Lecture series.

IMO the best series of lectures on the war I have ever seen.

]]> By: John Maass http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/10/virginias-civil-war-sesquicentennial-arrives-in-the-classroom/#comment-12100 John Maass Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:58:40 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5395#comment-12100 But Bud Robertson IS inside the halls of academia, and he was the driving force behind this video! But Bud Robertson IS inside the halls of academia, and he was the driving force behind this video!

]]> By: John Maass http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/10/virginias-civil-war-sesquicentennial-arrives-in-the-classroom/#comment-12099 John Maass Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:57:22 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5395#comment-12099 I went to the commission meeting on Mon. It was encouraging to see that the Committee Chairman is the speaker of the house of delegates, and he is very involved. I went to the commission meeting on Mon. It was encouraging to see that the Committee Chairman is the speaker of the house of delegates, and he is very involved.

]]> By: Kevin Levin http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/10/virginias-civil-war-sesquicentennial-arrives-in-the-classroom/#comment-12093 Kevin Levin Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:32:44 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5395#comment-12093 Not at all, Mike. I value your comments. Not at all, Mike. I value your comments.

]]> By: msimons http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/10/virginias-civil-war-sesquicentennial-arrives-in-the-classroom/#comment-12091 msimons Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:47:08 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5395#comment-12091 Thanks for the claification. Sorry if I insulted you in anyway it was not my intent. Thanks for the claification. Sorry if I insulted you in anyway it was not my intent.

]]> By: margaretdblough http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/10/virginias-civil-war-sesquicentennial-arrives-in-the-classroom/#comment-12078 margaretdblough Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:14:43 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5395#comment-12078 I try to avoid the use of the term neo-Confederate. It's too emotional and too ill-defined. Lost Cause, on the other hand, is a very well-defined revisionist interpretation of the Civil War initially led by former high-ranking confederates and subject of multiple scholarly studies. I believe the groundbreaking study in this was Thomas Connelly's "The Marble Man" about the shaping of Robert E. Lee's image after his death.<br><br>I hope to be able to see the full final product. I hope it is more nuanced than the promotional video. However, the video's principle flaw appears to be a pronounced case of Virginia-centrism, a mentality that has long irritated even its fellow southern states (please, do not get any North Carolinian started on the subject of Virginia and Pickett's Charge<g>) I try to avoid the use of the term neo-Confederate. It's too emotional and too ill-defined. Lost Cause, on the other hand, is a very well-defined revisionist interpretation of the Civil War initially led by former high-ranking confederates and subject of multiple scholarly studies. I believe the groundbreaking study in this was Thomas Connelly's “The Marble Man” about the shaping of Robert E. Lee's image after his death.

I hope to be able to see the full final product. I hope it is more nuanced than the promotional video. However, the video's principle flaw appears to be a pronounced case of Virginia-centrism, a mentality that has long irritated even its fellow southern states (please, do not get any North Carolinian started on the subject of Virginia and Pickett's Charge<g>)

]]> By: Kevin Levin http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/10/virginias-civil-war-sesquicentennial-arrives-in-the-classroom/#comment-12076 Kevin Levin Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:01:45 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5395#comment-12076 No problem, but I think that's a bit of an exaggeration. I can't remember the last time I referred to something as neo-Confederate. My reference to the Lost Cause is meant to draw a connection with a particular historical memory and is usually not meant as derogatory. No problem, but I think that's a bit of an exaggeration. I can't remember the last time I referred to something as neo-Confederate. My reference to the Lost Cause is meant to draw a connection with a particular historical memory and is usually not meant as derogatory.

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