Contact info for Amy

[Michael Umphrey]

Amy Sangwin

Chester Public Schools

POB 550

School Drive and Main

Chester, MT 59522

406-759-5108

amy_s...@yahoo.com

"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential."

Winston Churchill

 

 

[Dorothea Susag]

Nancy Widdicombe created the unit.

Dottie

 

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[Mary Sullivan]

I forwarded the message to Nancy.
Mary

On Thursday, March 27, 2008, at 05:58 PM, Dorothea Susag wrote:

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[Kohl, Martha]

Hi, All,

 

I'm wondering what literature tie-ins folks have been using for the 1910 expedition.

 

Here's the background for the question: We're starting to work on a teacher's institute for June and we decided to focus on the Society's new county history project--this is part of a Society wide initiative to help counties celebrate their centennials (many centennials are coming up in the next few years since many of the counties were created during the homestead boom as part of the county-splitting craze.) We're hoping that we can get schools to engage in commemorating their county centennials as part of this larger project and I remember Darlene and some other teachers saying the always needed a literature tie in to justify an expedition.  Hence the question: What are you reading from this era, and how has it gone over with your students?

 

Thanks.

 

Martha

 

Martha Kohl
Historical Specialist
Montana Historical Society
PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59601
406-444-4740

www.montanahistoricalsociety.org

 

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From: montana...@googlegroups.com [mailto:montana...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Umphrey

Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:22 PM
To: montana...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Contact info for Amy

[dbeck]

Hi Martha,

   I’ve used Sinclair’s The Jungle, Willa Cather’s O Pioneers! and when we did our project on the Fires of 2000—we used Jeannette Inglold’s historical fiction  The Big Burn.  It gave us a good perspective of what communication, transportation, and the forest service was like at the turn of the century.

Darlene

 

Darlene Beck

English Dept.

Broadwater High School

201 N. Spruce Street

Townsend, MT   59644

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[Michael Umphrey]

I would second Darlene’s suggestion of Willa Cather’s O Pioneers.

 

Also: Wind From an Enemy Sky by D’Arcy McNickle, for a strong Native American view. The setting is fictional and the time isn’t that specific, but it’s the early reservation period, so it sets up the issues on the Reservations that were “opened” to homesteading in 1910. It’s about the best book I know of for giving the Native American world view – in some ways similar to Fools Crow but also very different. Also, McNickle’s short stories from The Hawk is Hungry are very good and I’ve used several of them to good effect.

 

Homesteading by Percy Wallaston is a brief memoir that also works well to get kids oriented to the times and issues.

 

A book that I keep on my desk but haven’t assigned to kids is My Russian by Dee McNamer. Also, Doig’s latest is set in Montana in 1910: Prairie Nocture. I haven’t read it yet but Marcella spoke well of it. My favorite for getting a lively sense of the times is Big Trouble, set in Idaho. It’s written by two-time Pulitzer winner Anthony Lukas.

 

 

 

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From: montana...@googlegroups.com [mailto:montana...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kohl, Martha

Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 10:04 AM
To: 'montana...@googlegroups.com'
Subject: 1910 literature tie in

 

Hi, All,

[Dale Alger]

Hello,

Actually, I believe Ivan Doig's newest title is "The Whistling Season".  It takes place in Eastern Montana also.  It starts in 1909 and continues for a bit.  So, it would fit the 1910 time period. It may be my favorite Doig book. It centers around a one-room schoolhouse.

Good luck on the book.  I miss not helping.  It just hasn't worked for me.

Dale

I would second Darlene's suggestion of Willa Cather's O Pioneers.

 

Also: Wind >From an Enemy Sky by D'Arcy McNickle, for a strong Native American view. The setting is fictional and the time isn't that specific, but it's the early reservation period, so it sets up the issues on the Reservations that were "opened" to homesteading in 1910. It's about the best book I know of for giving the Native American world view - in some ways similar to Fools Crow but also very different. Also, McNickle's short stories from The Hawk is Hungry are very good and I've used several of them to good effect.

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Roundup MT 59072
da...@midrivers.com


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[Michael L. Umphrey]

Thanks, Dale. That's what happens when you get behind on the reading. I haven't read either yet.

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