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A Prized Memento Of The Civil Way: Joseph Abbott's "Lightning Brigade" Medal, James Brenner
A Prized Memento Of The Civil Way: Joseph Abbott's "Lightning Brigade" Medal, James Brenner
Student Projects from the Archives
This silver medal commemorates Joseph N. Abbott's Civil War service with Wilder's Lightning Brigade, 1861-1865. The engraving on the reverse reads, "Jos. N. Abbott, Co. B, 98th Illinois. Dating to about 1887, these medals were features at post-war veterans' reunions.
Escape From Camp Ford!, Vicki Betts
Escape From Camp Ford!, Vicki Betts
Presentations and Publications
Accounts by federal prisoners of war who tried to escape from Camp Ford, Texas, 1863-1865.
My Family, Their History: Using Exploratory Inquiry & Pragmatic Methods To Learn History, Lowellen Sucgang
My Family, Their History: Using Exploratory Inquiry & Pragmatic Methods To Learn History, Lowellen Sucgang
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
History education is at a crossroads. The availability of information at our fingertips has the potential to change how the non-historian sees history and the other social sciences. This capstone researched ways the non-historian can utilize the changing face of history education by implementing the pragmatic methods of John Dewey’s education philosophy called instrumentalism. Principal issues discussed include the pros and cons of out-of-classroom history education, utilization of exploratory inquiry for research and the usefulness of primary sources for a historiography. To apply instrumentalism ideals and methods, I created a historiography about my ancestors and how their lives intertwined with …