You might not want to mention the elephant execution either... 😉
> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:01:46 -0700 > From: abefed...@gmail.com > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Little Known Facts About Edison :) > > Just make sure that you don't teach them everything about Edison, he was > very hard on employees and paid a low working wage and fired most who > disagreed with him. He had a strange view-almost myopic view about art, the > people that produced it and music. If it didn't fit his view or like he > simply dismissed it as inferior. And just like his good friend Henry Ford > he was very anti-Semitic. > > Both men are viewed as great and in many cases they were-both both had some > major flaws. > Abe Feder > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Melissa Ricci <riccib...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Hello Everybody, > > As many of you know, I am a middle school music/band teacher and I always > > run a unit about Edison and the phonograph. We always end the unit by > > recording on a wax cylinder. > > For the first time in many years, I am teaching two 6th grade general > > music classes along with my band classes this year. Today was the first > > time I approached the topic of Thomas A. Edison. To see where the class was > > with their present knowledge of Edison, I broke the kids into groups and > > asked them to write down everything they knew or thought they knew about > > him. > > Here is what the majority of the class wrote down: > > 1. Edison was the 2nd, 3rd or 16th president of the United States. We're > > not sure which.2. Edison was originally from England.3. Edison's face is on > > the $20.00 bill.4. Edison was a male.5. Edison probably had a wife and > > might have had children.6. Edison died a very long, long, long time ago.7. > > Edison helped to write the constitution.8. Edison had very long, wild > > hair.9. Edison was very old. > > > > One student surprised me by writing that Edison invented the first talking > > doll. I was amazed so I asked her where she had learned that information. > > It turns our that it was on a recent episode of a TV show called > > "Oddities". Who says TV can't teach! > > Obviously, I plan on starting at the very beginning of Edison's life and > > of course his many inventions of which not even the light bulb was > > mentioned. > > If any of you have any words of wisdom or little known/especially > > interesting facts about Edison, please let me know. I plan on going pretty > > in depth with these kids so anything I can learn will only help me capture > > their interest and put these misconceptions to rest once and for all. > > Thanks!Melissa > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
