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The Bunnell Home and the Adventures of Lafayette Bunnell
The Carpenter Gothic Revival style Bunnell House captures the interest of people driving buy along the Mississippi River near Homer on US. Highway 61. The home’s simple, but yet ornate and unpainted...
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A new bridge and a Winona Time Capsule: 2016
The new Mississippi River bridge connecting Winona, Minnesota to Wisconsin (NORTH) was dedicated yesterday (August 26). It was a wonderful and fun event attended by many including the usual mix of...
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I love historical art
Once or twice a month I work as a gallery greeter at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum. First time visitors invariably make a bee-line to George Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emmanuel Leutze,, one...
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The Camp Algona Nativity Scene
This December, as they have since the end of World War II, residents and visitors to Algona, Iowa, will gather to view a Nativity Scene created by German architect Eduard Kaib while he was a German...
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Quickly Obsolete? From Computer Lab to Design Flexibility
The onset of technology in education coincided with my experience planning a small, but attached lab as part of a new media center in the 1980’s. In a short while I was reorganizing and repurposing a...
View ArticleExpanding Collections of Primary Source Sets
The DP.LA, The Digital Public Library of America has published 20 new Primary Source topics on diverse topics for U.S. and World history, science and technology, literature and arts. Primary sources...
View ArticleStars over Clear Lake
Last December I wrote about the Camp Algona Nativity Scene created by German Prisoners of War. Earlier, I wrote about a visit to the historic Surf Ballroom in nearby Clear lake, another small north...
View ArticleSeeing it in Person: The Charleston Slave Market
There is nothing quite like seeing what we’ve read about in person! A few days ago I visited the Old Slave Mart Museum in Charleston where the auction for 55 Prime Negroes, accustomed to the culture of...
View ArticleDown the Rabbit Hole with a Teddy Bear: The TPS Teachers Network
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE WITH A TEDDY BEAR It wasn’t quite a rabbit hole, but you just never know where a single comment will lead you. It all began with a post about Mother’s Day resources in America’s...
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Random Thoughts provides access to previously published articles in professional journals for school media specialists and educators interested in using primary sources in their classroom. Select the...
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