Especially since Edison himself had little or nothing to do with it. Edison Co. filmed it, for sure but that is like saying CBS filmed it. No one would assume CBS fried the elephant too.
Ron L -----Original Message----- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of Melissa Ricci Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 10:28 PM To: phono-l@oldcrank.org Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Little Known Facts About Edison :) I agree. It's a good idea that I leave that out! Melissa ------------------------------ On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 8:28 PM EST Vinyl Visions wrote: >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 _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
