Category Archives: Teaching

Echoes of the Scopes Trial, 1925-2000 (Adventures in Interdisciplinary Land, 2)

Posted on October 1, 2012 by georgelamplugh

[Note:  In another “interdisciplinary project,” the school’s drama group presented Lawrence and Lee’s “Inherit The Wind.”  We were fortunate to be able to snag as our keynote speaker Dr. Edward J. Larson of the University of Georgia, who had recently published a … Continue reading →

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High School, Now–and Then: Reflections on a 50th Reunion

Posted on September 1, 2012 by georgelamplugh

Unless your formal education terminated with twelfth grade, you probably feel warmer and fuzzier about your college or university than your high school.  I’m one of those fortunate enough to have spent time in “higher education,” but, after college and grad school, I … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Civil Rights Movement, Cold War, Current Events, History, Newark (Del.) High School Class of 1962, Retirement, Teaching | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

The Uses of History in Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia” (Adventures in Interdisciplinary Land, 1)

Posted on August 1, 2012 by georgelamplugh

[Note:  Of one thing I am convinced:  There is nothing new in the world of “Education.” Rather, the same ideas, usually with different names and/or ever greater reliance on technology, keep coming ’round, like some sort of bizarre, quasi-“intellectual” carousel … Continue reading →

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Reading the Civil War: “Patriotic Gore”–And More

Posted on June 16, 2012 by georgelamplugh

In the Fall of 1969, I took a grad school course on the Civil War.  During a discussion of historiography, someone asked our professor his opinion of Shelby Foote’s history of the conflict, the first two volumes of which were then in … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Civil War, History, Research, Retirement, Shelby Foote, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Vietnam War | Tagged | 9 Comments

Past Personal: Teaching the Vietnam War as History

Posted on May 1, 2012 by georgelamplugh

[Note:  This piece originated as a talk to a group of history teachers; it explains the genesis of the series, already posted here, “Growing Up With Vietnam.” (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4] * * * * * When I began … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Cold War, Current Events, History, Research, Retirement, Teaching, Vietnam War | Tagged , , , | 8 Comments

Civil Rights–And Wrongs: Personal Reflections on Dr. King and His Legacy

Posted on January 1, 2012 by georgelamplugh

As my former American History students will tell you, I am a great admirer of the modern civil rights movement in the United States, and, especially, of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest Americans of … Continue reading →

Posted in "The Race Beat", American History, Civil Rights Movement, Current Events, Dr. Martin Luther King, History, Southern History, Taylor Branch, Teaching | Tagged , , , , , | 6 Comments

A “Fourth Dimension” in Antebellum Georgia Politics (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 7)

Posted on December 1, 2011 by georgelamplugh

 [Note:  John Adams predicted that the colonial declaration of independence in the summer of 1776 “would be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. . . .It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parades, with Shews [sic], … Continue reading →

Posted in 4th of July, Current Events, George M. Troup, Georgia History, History, James Gunn, John Clark, John Cuthbert, Nullification, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching | 1 Comment

A Love of History: Nature or Nurture? Yes!!

Posted on July 16, 2011 by georgelamplugh

 [NOTE:  In my last post, I looked at the debate over standardized testing as the “end game” of the History curriculum, and I suggested instead that we need to–gasp!–inculcate a “love of History” in our students. I want to look this time at how … Continue reading →

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It’s Navel-Gazing Time for Historians (Again)

Posted on July 1, 2011 by georgelamplugh

 Wouldn’t you know it?  No sooner does another school year end than harried historians, most of whom are panting for summer break like a marathoner at mile 26, learned that Sarah Palin, on a historical tour in Boston, delivered a … Continue reading →

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Editorial, “On Dixie Station”

Posted on May 2, 2011 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: The following editorial comes from the History Department newsletter in April 2000. Like the previous post, this one  reflects on teaching about–and remembering–the War in Vietnam.] * * * * * I spent a recent Saturday at a seminar, … Continue reading →

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