Comments on: Teaching Civil War Memory http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/30/teaching-civil-war-memory/ Where History, Heritage, and Education Intersect Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin Levin http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/30/teaching-civil-war-memory/#comment-12707 Kevin Levin Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:29:23 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5635#comment-12707 It' an excellent book and one that I've used extensively in my own research. It' an excellent book and one that I've used extensively in my own research.

]]> By: Ed http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/30/teaching-civil-war-memory/#comment-12706 Ed Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:44:26 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5635#comment-12706 Kevin,<br><br>If you ever have a chance take a look at the book "The Golden Age of Battlefield Preservation: The Decade of the 1890's and the Establishment of America's First Five Military Parks." It has some very good information about how the veterans wanted those parks to be interpreted for future generations.<br><br>Ed Kevin,

If you ever have a chance take a look at the book “The Golden Age of Battlefield Preservation: The Decade of the 1890's and the Establishment of America's First Five Military Parks.” It has some very good information about how the veterans wanted those parks to be interpreted for future generations.

Ed

]]> By: Kevin Levin http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/30/teaching-civil-war-memory/#comment-12521 Kevin Levin Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:43:47 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5635#comment-12521 That book is always worth picking up. Over the years I've read most of the essays in that book. Does anyone know more about the history/culture/memory of the South than Woodward? That book is always worth picking up. Over the years I've read most of the essays in that book. Does anyone know more about the history/culture/memory of the South than Woodward?

]]> By: toby http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/30/teaching-civil-war-memory/#comment-12516 toby Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:21:38 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5635#comment-12516 Wonderful resources.. thanks. The only one of them I have read is Blight. <br><br>What do you think of C. Vann Woodward's "The Burden of Southern History"? I read it a few years ago ... my memory of it is sketchy, but as it is here somewhere on my shelves, your list makes me feel like reading it again. Wonderful resources.. thanks. The only one of them I have read is Blight.

What do you think of C. Vann Woodward's “The Burden of Southern History”? I read it a few years ago … my memory of it is sketchy, but as it is here somewhere on my shelves, your list makes me feel like reading it again.

]]> By: Jared Frederick http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/30/teaching-civil-war-memory/#comment-12514 Jared Frederick Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:35:26 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5635#comment-12514 Looks like a great course! I wish you could come to my campus next semester to teach it! Looks like a great course! I wish you could come to my campus next semester to teach it!

]]> By: Kevin Levin http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/30/teaching-civil-war-memory/#comment-12509 Kevin Levin Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:38:19 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5635#comment-12509 Thanks Thanks

]]> By: davidsilkenat http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/30/teaching-civil-war-memory/#comment-12508 davidsilkenat Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:29:06 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5635#comment-12508 This is nitpicking, but the title of Brundage's book is The Southern Past, not Southern Pasts.<br><br>Otherwise, this looks like an excellent resource. This is nitpicking, but the title of Brundage's book is The Southern Past, not Southern Pasts.

Otherwise, this looks like an excellent resource.

]]> By: Kevin Levin http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/30/teaching-civil-war-memory/#comment-12506 Kevin Levin Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:53:51 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5635#comment-12506 Thanks for the feedback. Tim Smith's work on the first battlefield parks has been incredibly helpful in my own research on Petersburg, but I haven't really spent much time on this particular issue in class. Thanks for the feedback. Tim Smith's work on the first battlefield parks has been incredibly helpful in my own research on Petersburg, but I haven't really spent much time on this particular issue in class.

]]> By: dylan_h http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/30/teaching-civil-war-memory/#comment-12505 dylan_h Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:29:56 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5635#comment-12505 Kevin - As a recent graduate of history who is very interested in Civil War myth and memory, I'd like to thank you for posting these excellent resources. I'm very glad your students have a teacher who chooses to really engage them in these ideas, and who challenges them to explore and express their own thoughts. While I realize it's impossible to include everything in one syllabus, have you considered assigning any of Tim Smith's works regarding the creation of the first battlefield parks? Thanks again for your informative post! -Dylan Kevin – As a recent graduate of history who is very interested in Civil War myth and memory, I'd like to thank you for posting these excellent resources. I'm very glad your students have a teacher who chooses to really engage them in these ideas, and who challenges them to explore and express their own thoughts. While I realize it's impossible to include everything in one syllabus, have you considered assigning any of Tim Smith's works regarding the creation of the first battlefield parks? Thanks again for your informative post! -Dylan

]]> By: Kevin Levin http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/30/teaching-civil-war-memory/#comment-12500 Kevin Levin Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:51:25 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5635#comment-12500 I would say so. Excellent first day. Started off with some basic questions:<br><br>1. Why do we have a need to remember our collective past?<br>2. How do we remember/commemorate our collective past? I would say so. Excellent first day. Started off with some basic questions:

1. Why do we have a need to remember our collective past?
2. How do we remember/commemorate our collective past?

]]> By: msimons http://cwmemory.com/2009/11/30/teaching-civil-war-memory/#comment-12498 msimons Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:44:14 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=5635#comment-12498 Looks like your ready to go. Looks like your ready to go.

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