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Documentary Segments Created by Feel the History
Click to see the program segments created by Feel the History students.
 
Awards and Recognition
Indiana Computer Educators Awards
Jon Carl has been named the ICE Teacher of the Year for 2008.
Terry Hughes has been named the ICE Technology Education Advocate for 2008.
Terry Hughes has also become a Discovery Star Educator.
By special request We provide this link to Terry Hughes' local Movie Theaters Past website.
More Awards for Jon
Jon Carl was named Indiana's American Star of Teaching for 2007 by the US Department of Education. See the press release.
Jon Carl was named to the National School Boards Association's list of "20 to Watch." He was presented the award in mid-October 2007 at the Technology and Learning Conference in Nashville, TN.
Jon Carl has been named the Caleb Mills History Educator of the Year by the Indiana Historical Society.
Awards for Feel the History
Feel the History is a recipient of a Rotary/Public Education Foundation grant for the 2007-2008 school year.
Presentations
Feel the History presented at the Technology Expo on Saturday, March 15th 2009 at Ivy Tech Community College. The Expo was sponsored by the Public Education Foundation, the EVSC, IVY Tech, Toyota, and Discovery Education.
Jon Carl and Terry Hughes presented at the Great Lakes Regional Conference of the National Council for the Social Studies in February 2008.
Jon Carl, Rob Spear, and Terry Hughes presented a concurrent session at the Indiana Computer Educators 2008 Conference January 25, 2008. Click to see our ICE 2008 Page.
Feel the History Presented at the Indiana Council of History Educators in 2007. Click to see the PowerPoint used by Jon Carl and Terry Hughes.
 
Feel the History Students Win National Contests
Magna 2009
Feel the History has been named the Grand Prize Winner for school districts over 20,000 population in the 2009 American School Board Journal's Magna Awards competition sponsored by Sodexo School Services. Click to go to the Magna site to learn more about the award.
Adobe
A team of Feel the History students won first place in the Adobe School Innovation Awards. 2008 graduates Rick Yeager, Kourtney Bryant, Chris Deig and Craig Austin submitted the winning entry in the Film and Video category of the first Adobe School Innovation Awards program. Click for more information and to see the winning video.
Adobe Recognizes Feel the History
Adobe Adobe has also recognized Feel the History as an Education Success Story featured on its web site. Here is the Education Success Story Link, and here is the specific article about Feel the History. Here is the article as a PDF.
Riverside Drive in Evansville, Indiana during the 1937 Flood Feel the History as Podcasts
The Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library hosts some podcasts of the individual Feel the History episodes. Josh Weiland has prepared the podcasts for the first year's episodes available at http://evpl.org/feelthehistory/ .
Feel the History Air Dates & Events
2009-2010
Willard Library Presentation of Episode 401 on November 9, 2009 at 7:00 PM at Willard Library, 21 First Avenue, Evansville, IN 47710.
 
Episode 401: Willard Library, Evansville Marine Reserve Activation for Korea
November 21, 2009 4:30 PM Channel 9.1
November 22, 2009 9:30 PM Channel 9.1
November 24, 2009 7:00 PM Cable 12
November 26, 2009 12:30 PM Cable 12
November 28, 2009 8:00 PM Cable 12
Episode 402:Abraham Lincoln's Indiana Boyhood
December 19, 2009 5:00 PM Channel 9.1
December 22, 2009 7:00 PM Cable 12
December 24, 2009 12:30 PM Cable 12
December 26, 2009 2:30 PM Cable 12
Episode 403: The History of Brewing in Evansville, The Extinction and Reintroduction of Whitetail Deer in Indiana, and the Legacy of Clifford Shopbell
January 30, 2010 5:00 PM Channel 9.1
Repeat airings on 9.2 and on Cable Channel 12
Episode 404
February 27 5:00 PM Channnel 9.1
     
Episode 405
March 27 5:00 PM Channel 9.1
     
Episode 406
     
     
Feel the History projects underway for the 2009-2010 School year
Korean War Reserve Activation Albion Fellows Bacon
Benjamin Bosse Deer Extinction and Revival
Lincoln's Neighborhood 1811 Earthquake - Slave Narrative
Old National Bank's 175th Anniv. Segrated Schools in Evansville
   
FtH-Lincoln-cabin
FtH student interviewing William Bartelt, author of There I Grew Up. Mr. Bartelt's book is about Abraham Lincoln's boyhood years in Indiana. The interview is at Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln City, IN.  
 
Feel the History Critical Reviews and Premieres
Critical Review
Premiere
March 18th, 2010 To be determined
Critical Reviews are at 8:00 AM at the EVSC Professional Development Center, 401 E. Columbia Street, Evansville, IN 47711 • (812) 435-5290.
Premieres are at 11:00 AM in the Media Center of F. J. Reitz High School, 350 Dreier Blvd. • Evansville , IN 47712 • (812) 435-8206.
 
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