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 Final NARA Worksheet 

Shelly, I think we definitely came up with some neat activities. It's amazing when you put 4 brains together what you can come up with. I like your lesson ideas! -Christy

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This is my worksheet group. I had some difficulty trying to listen to this. I am attaching it for your viewing.

My difficulty lies in determining how we would use this as a classroom activity. I like the ideas about imagination and being creative, however, I teach middle and high school students and I am having difficulty making classroom connections for this activity.

Classroom Uses: We could have students attempt to decide if this is an old or new recording and what is their evidence. We could also ask them how they believe a small child would react and what time period would possibly have appreciated this attempt from Santa. Also, we could ask them to find symbolism in the voice, including the music, annunciation, and ability for speech to either make someone feel at ease or create more tension. Other than this, I am puzzled. Anyone else have ideas for the classroom activities?

Shelly

Here is the final version of the worksheet. I tried to add where I could, but the worksheet only allows for so many letters/words. I thought the use of imagination through the use of a phonograph was a huge concept back then. - Brett

Thank you Christy, for your helpful information. I put the first NARA worksheet up and forgot to sign my name. Kerri

Hi Guys, I wasn't sure who put the original NARA worksheet on (I think Shelly?), but I added to it. Those forms are super-limited - you can only write so many characters per block. I added my 2 cents, so feel free to add on / change, whatever. If you open it, save it to your computer, you can then make changes, save it again and then upload the newer one to this page.

Here is the one that I combined so far... Thanks, Christy

Here is our separate wiki page to do the second part of the assignment... and I came up with some activities as well. I posted the 2 questions that need to be addressed on the separate page and came up with a few ideas. Hope they are OK. Christy

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Hey everyone, I'll try to get on sometime tonight or tomorrow night to put my information on. I'm easy going with your choice! -Brett HERE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS for this wiki... Here's my sound recording worksheet. What are your thoughts on the top part and also the 3 important things in the recording? There isn't a lot to the recording other than the narrative. There is some music, but is it important?
 * 1) With your small group, select one of the Edison Diamond Disc Recordings to analyze. @http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/eddctit.html
 * 2) Analyze the recording using the NARA worksheet questions for audio. Post your analysis on your group wiki page as indicated by your instructor.
 * ## On a separate wiki page, as a group:
 * 1) Describe your reasons for selecting this particular recording. Explain why you believe this recording could be effective with students.
 * Describe at least 5 ways the recording you selected could be used in the classroom. Try to expand ideas for different subject areas and/or grade levels. For each lesson idea, include a brief description of how this activity could help promote critical thinking skills in students

Works for me. The Santa Claus is winning it sounds like. I will listen to it later when I get a chance. Just checking in this am. Shelly

Kerri and I both mentioned the Santa Claus piece - does that work? I think we need to pick something so we can get to work on it... Christy

To answer Shelly's question, I do think something with words would be the best in order to analyze. I did recognize the Stars and Stripes Forever from the recordings, but that one doesn't have words. We played it for the Memorial Day parade in town when I was in band. I listened to some of the things you two mentioned. Any of them are ok with me to analyze. My top 2 would probably be the Santa Clause piece and the police court piece. Kerri

I started by focusing on the spoken pieces: 1. "Let Us Not Forget" - Thomas A. Edison - just under 2 minutes reminding Americans that although we helped win WWI, the Europeans need to be remembered as well (I like this one the best of those that I listened to... Historically relevant and a rare speaking engagement for Thomas Edison...)

2. "Santa Claus Hides in Your Phonograph" - Aruthur A. Penn / Harry Humphrey - 3 minutes - cute - juvenile fiction (This one was cute, while the top one is historical... This one may be more easily woven into a variety of subjects / grade levels in lesson plan ideas...)

3. "The Shop Girl" - Justine Roberts - about 4 mintues - a comedy about a department store (Not my first choice...) So, that's my initial input. If people want to add other suggestions, then we can get to the analysis portion of the activity.

I would again suggest adding new input at the top so that it is easy to quickly see. -Christy

I have listened to several instrumentals, the Jitney Bus song, Comedy Police Court Scene and the Thomas Edison piece. I really don't know what is best to use. Any help you can provide will be great. Do we think it is best to listen to a musical piece or a spoken piece? We can probably find more information for our Worksheet if there are spoken words. Thanks, Shelly Budinger