Kidipede - History for Kids - Homework Help for Middle School Social Studies. Teachers - Your Students Get to Meet Shakespeare, Einstein, Galileo and More! January 28. Henry Reed Henry Reed Henry Reed was the narrow neck in the hourglass of tradition, through which tunes were guided back out into the wider currents of circulation. Alan Jabbour Josh and Henry Reed, circa 1903. Henry Reed, age 19, plays banjo; his older brother Josh plays fiddle. From the collection of James Reed, with permission.Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection James Henry Neel Reed, known as Henry Reed, was born on April 28, 1884, in the Appalachian Mountains of Monroe County, West Virginia.
Henry Reed learned the overwhelming majority of his tunes by ear and retained them by memory. Henry Reed Playing the Fiddle, Accompanied by Bobbie Thompson on Guitar, Kit Olson, photographer, Narrows, Virginia, Summer 1967. Reed's musical influence broadened significantly after 1966 when Karen and Alan Jabbour, graduate students at Duke University, began to audio tape his fiddling. The titles of Henry Reed's fiddle tunes are redolent of the old Appalachian frontier. Today's Document - powered by FeedBurner. Historical Events | Famous & Major Historical Events in World History. Free Online Adventure Games | The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks Virtual World. HistoryBuff.com. Powerpoint Palooza. PLACE: Population, Landscape, and Climate Estimates. Best of History Web Sites. Cartoons for the Classroom :: AAEC - Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.
What is the reality about immigration? Teachers: Download the lesson and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format) Common Core State Standard RL.CSS.2/4 Grades 6-12: Students determine the meaning of political cartoons through the analysis of their literal, symbolic and figurative meanings of the elements the artist used and their effect. Students are asked to describe the overall effect of the cartoon, and how the artist’s choices combine to create that effect. Finally, students determine the purpose of the cartoon and how it relates to current issues through discussion questions.
A blank cartoon is provided to assist students in writing their own caption based on their understanding of the cartoons meaning NOTE: You'll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to use these files.