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**Group A 5-A-1 Reasons & Ideas**

==Group Discussion==

**Hi all. I have not listened to all of the recordings listed. (ha) From the ones that I listened to, I thought the recording by Edison himself would be one conducive to using the audio worksheet to evaluate. Check it out and put up the one(s) you like and we'll pick one. :)**

**Looks like we have this page for our discussion - woohoo - and we can put our final evaluation on the Discussions Tab.** **Later! ~ Jana**

[|//Lasca//] (F. Desprez)--Harry E. Humphrey, 1919 [|//Let Us Not Forget//]--A Message to the American People by Thomas A. Edison, 1919
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Hello! I agree that I prefer discussion in this area as opposed to the other area. I like being able to see everything at once! Last week's setup we too confusing!

I agree with Jana that Edison's "Let Us Not Forget" seems to be best for this assigment. I benefit most from audio recordings when I am able to read the text at the same time. Here is a website with the text for it: [|Text for "Let us not forget"]

Additionally, here is the text for Lasca: [|Text for "Lasca"]

If we are thinking about going with a song, [|AreYou From Dixie?]might be a good option. The text can be found at [|Text for "Are you from Dixie?"]

Overall, I enjoy listening to recordings that contain music, but for this particular assignment I think we will come up with the most ideas from "Let Us Not Forget". "Lasca" is a bit sad for my liking and I think we will have difficulty coming up with ideas for the assignment, but I am willing to go with whatever you think! Talk to you soon! ~ Cheryll

This site is awesome. I listened to some World War I songs this morning: [|There's a Long, Long Trial] and [|'Till the Boys Come Home]. I agree that Edison's "Let Us Not Forget" recording seems best for this assignment.

I am also partial to the [|recordings from Shakespeare's plays] on this website. As a high school librarian, this is definitely something I will be sharing with my teachers.

"Let Us Not Forget" it is!

-Kevin


 * Cheryll, you are just too thorough! :) Thanks for the links. Yes, Kevin, this is a great site to share with your teachers. They will think that you are just too "hip"! :) ~Jana ~ Cheryll, I kept listening to the recording over and over and over. I could not figure out the "national airs" ....then I had an AHA moment and remembered your link to the transcript - duh. Thanks! :) ~ Jana **

Jana, what can I say besides...I like details! I created a link and a page above for us to have a place to put our reasons for choosing "Let us not forget" and our ideas for how to use it inthe classroom. As I was listening to the recording, I noticed how he put empasis on differrent words. Could this recording be used by a drama class to help study where a person should put the emphasis on when performing a speech, monologue, etc? Could it be used and compared to other recordings through the years to study the science behind how the recordings were improved (ie. less static, clearer speech, etc)? I continue to think about it. Have a great night! ~Cheryll

Cheryll, your idea about a drama class using the recording to study emphasis is good. As is your idea about the science class. I'll add them to our page, along with an idea I have about a social studies class.

-Kevin


 * Thanks Kevin for starting our page. :) I added some thoughts to the why we chose "Let us not forget". Anybody please feel free to add to or edit! :) ~ Jana **

Sorry I'm so late to the show, its been a rought week around here. I think everything you guys have done sounds awesome and I am going over it all right now and will add my ideas ASAP! Thanks, Corey

Great job everyone! Kevin, thanks for adding my ideas to the page and making them sound intelligent :) Sorry you are having a rough week Corey :( I hope tomorrow is amazingly wonderful for you to make up for the bad week!

Two more possible ideas: History - can we connect it to a Vetern's day lesson? English - can they research a recent event for the past 5-10 years and write their own "Let us not forget" speech about those who risked their lives to save people, defend people, etc. The speech could even be about those who helped save people from an earthquake, flood, etc. We could have the students each pick a different even and combine their speeched into a "Let Us Not Forget Our Heroes" book. ~ Cheryll

Thank You Cheryll it can only go up from here! I am so glad we are back to discussing on this page :) I listened to the other audio clips and I'm so glad you guys settled on this one. I felt much more connected to "Let Us Not Forget" then any of the others. The text that Cheryll provided helped greatly with my understanding of the clip. I like the idea of using this for drama (or even debate) class to help with emphasis and thought we might also use it to teach timing and the importance of the weighted pause. It would fit in well with a Veteran's Day lesson. I thought it would be neat to not only analyze this clip but have student's compare and contrast it to other post-war speeches. I found a neat one by Albert Einstein Post War Speech 10-12-145. It was broadcast after WWII in conjunction with the presentation of the Nobel Prize of 145 and talks about the need for countries and governments to take into account how they treat each other. I LOVE the idea of a "Let Us Not Forget Our Heroes" book. As I went from page to page researching Edison and his inventions it truly blew my mind how someone could not only find up these things but make them work...WOW!

Great ideas, Cheryll! I added the English lesson and the Veterans' Day suggestion to our page. That's an awesome site with Einstein's recording, Corey. Thanks for sharing! I added your compare/contrast suggestion and to our page as well. I think our project is really coming around! Group A-wesome! :) ~ Jana

Great ideas, Corey! Jana, thanks for adding the ideas. I reread over our ideas so far and most of them sound great! My only concern is that the Social studies idea seems to be lacking something. Maybe it needs more explanation, depth, or more acitivities added to it. I am lacking in ideas of what to do to make it better, but it seems like it needs it. Can it be tweaked a little? Or do you think it is ok as it is? Let me know what you think. ~Cheryll

I just looked over our project and everything looks GREAT!!!!! I was trying to think of other Social Study activites what if we had the students write about what it was like to live during this time, what the people involved might be feeling & thinking, or maybe even the civic duties of citizans living during WWI. What if we added a Geography lesson where the students mapped out the places disscussed in the recording, they coud make a map of our allies and enemies. Just an idea? ~Corey

I added having the students locate the Allied nations on a world map to our page for Social Studies. Great ideas. I think we're good. :) ~ Jana

I have expanded the Social Studies geography idea to an individual category.

I found a [|short clip] on YouTube that is a biography of Edison that could be used to supplement some of our ideas. Also, there is an animated feature avaible on YouTube that could be used for elementary students.

Do we need to compile the NARA worksheets into one or do we just all post our individual ones?

-Kevin

Super, Kevin! Looks great. I believe that we just leave our individual NARA worksheets here - our group work is our Reasons & Ideas page. :) ~ Jana

Looks great everyone! Corey, I love your idea for Geography! Having the students locate our Allies on a map would help make it more realistic to them. Kevin, your additions are perfect! Great job everyone! ~Cheryll

Way to go guys...another great group effort! ~Corey