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Jenn and Kirsten 5-A-1

Awsome work Kirsten and Jenn. Your linked write up on this source is very through. You provided good ideas that were clearly explaned for a variety of subject areas and did a great job of using the NARA form to develop an analysis of the recording. Both of you posed some very intriguing questions about the song as well. One advantage of Jenn being in the library, is that Jenn can help teachers use primary sources. As teachers, it is important that we work with other departments to develop a well rounded and interconnected program for students. This helps with retention since students are not experiencing only math in math class or history in history class, but rather in all areas of content. Primary sources is one way that we can do this. Very good work and collaboration this past week. Chris.

==Group Discussion== Hi Kirsten! I was looking through the list of Edison's Dimond Disc Recordings...are you okay with maybe doing our group analysis on the "Are You From Dixie?" song? It's the 2nd one under the Popular Vocals section. I thought it may be a good choice that could possibly have some classroom applications such as the studying of the Mason/Dixon line, Southern geography, musical genres, and even connections to the Civil War? Let me know what you think and we can go from there! :-) Thanks-Jenn (2/12/12)

Jenn, That would be fine. Although I am a librarian, I have been doing most of my work with the social studies department so a connection to the Civil War or Southern geography would be great! Give me a little time to take a listen and I'll post a first draft of the NARA worksheet. On a side note, I am really curious about the flip side, though: "Don't Bite the Hand that Feeds You." :) Thanks, Kirsten

Hi Kirsten, I have uploaded the first draft of my NARA worksheet for "Are You From Dixie?" above. Thanks! -Jenn (2/13/12)

Jenn, I added some comments to the NARA worksheet. My major comment is that I wonder if the sense of longing is due to being out of Dixie, or if DIxie has changed to the point that it isn't really there any longer. Why the nostalgia for cotton plantations...who is working them now? After the reconstruction, the plantation life largely disappears. Is it for this that he is longing? (2/13/12)

Great questions Kirsten! I would think that the longing for Dixie is more a longing for a place that perhaps doesn't really even exist anymore. Much of what he describes is of the "Old South" prior to the Civil War and Reconstruction. Even though this song is from many years later in the early 1900s, I feel like the lyrics are reflecting on an earlier, perhaps simpler time in a place where so much has changed, both in positive and negative ways. -Jenn (2/14/12)

Hi Kirsten, I located the page that you created under the pages and files tab. I don't know if there is a way to move it so that it links directly off of here or not? I tried, but no luck and don't think I can since I didn't create it anyways. Also, I did add three ideas that I have for other ways to use the song. I liked your suggestion about using it in a history class and examining what the song tells us about life in the South. I also had ideas foro using it in a music class, English class and social studies class. I added these activity descriptions to that Wiki page. Thanks! -Jenn 2/14/12

Jenn, Sorry, I think I put it in the wrong spot. I can message Chris and see what I can do to move it (or just copy the thing and paste it into a new page). I think your lesson plan ideas are creative and would really help students improve their critical thinking. I added a fifth idea for a lesson with the song, using research as the basis. I think we are done with this assignment now. If I find out how to move it, I'll let you know in messages:) Thanks - Kirsten (2/14/12)

Kirsten, I see you were able to successfully move the page..thanks! :-) I also saw your lesson example for a computer class added to our ideas. I really like this and think it is a great way to incorporate different mediums into subject areas and I believe that students would enjoy using computers to research the origins of songs and lyrics. I think we are all set for this assignment as well. It was great working with you! Thanks!-Jenn (2/15/12)