Star Wars Exhibit at the Indiana State Museum July 29, 2013
In Process--I took a lot of pictures; here are a few!
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
July 24th 2013 Butterfly pix
July 24th 2013 Butterfly pix--
We still have a Black Swallowtail hatch here and there--and I take a few pictures before releasing them into the wild. This little lady got part of her tail broken off while she was flying around---but she is still beautiful!!
The Lincolns 5 Generations of an American Family exhibit July 29, 2013
Here is the exhibit we saw on Monday, July 29th, 2013
Indiana State Museum’s Lincoln exhibit opens
5 Generations of Lincolns--
INDIANAPOLIS —
When Lincoln is mentioned in Hollywood circles, it’s all about the film’s 12 Oscar nominations.
At the Indiana State Museum, however, the Lincoln buzz is all about its newest exhibition: The Lincolns: Five Generations of an American Family, which premiered Saturday.
The Indiana State Museum is the only venue for this ground-breaking exhibition that will run through Aug. 4.
Visitors through March 2 can also view a rare copy of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery, and a signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. Because the fragile documents cannot be exposed to light for long periods of time, they are rarely on display.
The 13th Amendment, of course, was the focus of the Steven Spielberg-directed movie that details the 16th president’s tumultuous final months in office. The Indiana State Museum exhibition, however, spans five generations of the Lincolns, who first came to Indiana in 1816. The museum wanted to offer a different, more personal perspective, said Dale Ogden, senior curator of cultural history.
“There is no one person more mythologized than Abraham Lincoln,” Ogden said. “This exhibition will help break some of the myths, while also giving visitors a greater understanding of the very complex Lincoln family throughout five generations.”
More than 150 objects will be on display, including handwritten letters, photographs, Tiffany jewelry, candelabra and other family keepsakes. The Indiana State Museum has one of the world’s most important collections of Lincoln artifacts - The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection - given to the State of Indiana in 2008. Objects from this collection will be joined by about 40 artifacts on loan from several of America’s leading historical institutions.
Highlights of “The Lincolns” include:
• The Sum Book is the star of the show. With less than two years of formal schooling, at age 15, Abraham Lincoln carefully assembled sheets of paper and created his own book on which to practice math problems. Over the years, the pages were separated, but the Indiana State Museum has five pages on display. It is the largest grouping ever shown in one place.
• A cabinet designed and crafted (c. 1818) by Abraham Lincoln’s father, Thomas. Not knowing its history, a Newburgh, Ind., man bought the cabinet – then painted green – at a sale. He used it to store nuts, bolts and other items in his garage. In 2009, his son read an Evansville newspaper article featuring Steve Haaf, a South Spencer High School teacher, who restores and makes replicas of Thomas Lincoln’s furniture. While Thomas Lincoln is often portrayed as a ne’er-do-well, this cabinet demonstrates he was a true craftsman who used intricate designs and overlays in his work. This detail is especially impressive considering the rudimentary tools with which he had to work.
• Mary Todd’s Meissen porcelain figurine (c. 1835). Mary Todd Lincoln was a prolific collector of the figurines, which were made in Meissen, Germany. Moviegoers may have noticed these on the big screen. To a historian, the collection demonstrates Mary Todd’s elite upbringing. The exhibition also features a tea set crafted by a London potter, who also worked for Queen Victoria. Mary Lincoln used the tea set to serve coffee, tea and hot chocolate to guests at the Lincolns’ Springfield, Ill., home.
• Toys the Lincoln boys played with at the White House, including a toy cannon Secretary of War Stanton acquired for the youngest son, Tad. Knowing the boy was rambunctious (the two youngest sons were known to race their pet goats in the White House), Stanton disabled the fully-functional firing mechanism.
• The insanity verdict following Mary Lincoln’s trial in 1875. Sally Field’s portrayal of the former First Lady in the movie showed glimpses of her instability. For 10 years, Mary Lincoln struggled to cope with the death of her children and her husband. Her oldest son, Robert, had her arrested and charged with insanity. She was convicted and remanded to Bellevue Place sanitarium near Chicago. Historians for years have been at odds over Robert’s motives for having his mother committed.
• Photographs of the last documented Lincoln descendants, siblings Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith and Mary “Peggy” Lincoln Beckwith, who were great-grandchildren of Abraham and Mary Lincoln. They were raised at Hildene, the family estate in Vermont.
At the Indiana State Museum, however, the Lincoln buzz is all about its newest exhibition: The Lincolns: Five Generations of an American Family, which premiered Saturday.
The Indiana State Museum is the only venue for this ground-breaking exhibition that will run through Aug. 4.
Visitors through March 2 can also view a rare copy of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery, and a signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. Because the fragile documents cannot be exposed to light for long periods of time, they are rarely on display.
The 13th Amendment, of course, was the focus of the Steven Spielberg-directed movie that details the 16th president’s tumultuous final months in office. The Indiana State Museum exhibition, however, spans five generations of the Lincolns, who first came to Indiana in 1816. The museum wanted to offer a different, more personal perspective, said Dale Ogden, senior curator of cultural history.
“There is no one person more mythologized than Abraham Lincoln,” Ogden said. “This exhibition will help break some of the myths, while also giving visitors a greater understanding of the very complex Lincoln family throughout five generations.”
More than 150 objects will be on display, including handwritten letters, photographs, Tiffany jewelry, candelabra and other family keepsakes. The Indiana State Museum has one of the world’s most important collections of Lincoln artifacts - The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection - given to the State of Indiana in 2008. Objects from this collection will be joined by about 40 artifacts on loan from several of America’s leading historical institutions.
Highlights of “The Lincolns” include:
• The Sum Book is the star of the show. With less than two years of formal schooling, at age 15, Abraham Lincoln carefully assembled sheets of paper and created his own book on which to practice math problems. Over the years, the pages were separated, but the Indiana State Museum has five pages on display. It is the largest grouping ever shown in one place.
• A cabinet designed and crafted (c. 1818) by Abraham Lincoln’s father, Thomas. Not knowing its history, a Newburgh, Ind., man bought the cabinet – then painted green – at a sale. He used it to store nuts, bolts and other items in his garage. In 2009, his son read an Evansville newspaper article featuring Steve Haaf, a South Spencer High School teacher, who restores and makes replicas of Thomas Lincoln’s furniture. While Thomas Lincoln is often portrayed as a ne’er-do-well, this cabinet demonstrates he was a true craftsman who used intricate designs and overlays in his work. This detail is especially impressive considering the rudimentary tools with which he had to work.
• Mary Todd’s Meissen porcelain figurine (c. 1835). Mary Todd Lincoln was a prolific collector of the figurines, which were made in Meissen, Germany. Moviegoers may have noticed these on the big screen. To a historian, the collection demonstrates Mary Todd’s elite upbringing. The exhibition also features a tea set crafted by a London potter, who also worked for Queen Victoria. Mary Lincoln used the tea set to serve coffee, tea and hot chocolate to guests at the Lincolns’ Springfield, Ill., home.
• Toys the Lincoln boys played with at the White House, including a toy cannon Secretary of War Stanton acquired for the youngest son, Tad. Knowing the boy was rambunctious (the two youngest sons were known to race their pet goats in the White House), Stanton disabled the fully-functional firing mechanism.
• The insanity verdict following Mary Lincoln’s trial in 1875. Sally Field’s portrayal of the former First Lady in the movie showed glimpses of her instability. For 10 years, Mary Lincoln struggled to cope with the death of her children and her husband. Her oldest son, Robert, had her arrested and charged with insanity. She was convicted and remanded to Bellevue Place sanitarium near Chicago. Historians for years have been at odds over Robert’s motives for having his mother committed.
• Photographs of the last documented Lincoln descendants, siblings Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith and Mary “Peggy” Lincoln Beckwith, who were great-grandchildren of Abraham and Mary Lincoln. They were raised at Hildene, the family estate in Vermont.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
July 21-25th, 2013 SL- Core E- Week 32- Beatrix Potter Week
July 21-25th, 2013
SL- Core E- Week 32-
Beatrix Potter Week
We did something SUPER FUN this week, and very different than anything we have ever done before. Thanks for the family we worked together with!!!! We had so much fun!! We combined with another hs family to do a "Unit Study" together on the fabulous Beatrix Potter.
Here is a link to the other family's blog--with their pictures of our week together:
She titled the post "Beatrix Potter Summer School" July 30, 2013
Each day had different things set up to do--here is a run down of our unique week:
Monday:
Slide Biography (with Tea!) on the Life and Times of Beatrix; focusing on her early years. We read aloud: Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Tailor of Gloucester, and Benjamin Bunny.Art time to draw and/or paint. Then we all went to Eagle Creek Park- Nature Center- and saw TONS of great things there! Frogs, Snakes, bugs, trees, plants, rocks....you name it---bee's, skinks...GREAT day!
Tuesday:
Slide Biography(with tea!) on Beatrix's Life and Times, focusing on her young adulthood, art, and holidays. We read aloud: Tale of Two Bad Mice, Mrs. Tiggywinkle, Pie and Pattypan, and assigned Mr. Jeremy Fisher for homework. Then we went to the "Secret Beach" at their neighborhood creek! She pictures below!!! Too much fun!! This part was Dd's FAVORITE part of the whole week, btw!
Here is a link to the other family's blog--with their pictures of our week together:
Blackberry Rambles
(you can click on the above "Blackberry Rambles" to go to her blog and see her pictures!)She titled the post "Beatrix Potter Summer School" July 30, 2013
Each day had different things set up to do--here is a run down of our unique week:
Monday:
Slide Biography (with Tea!) on the Life and Times of Beatrix; focusing on her early years. We read aloud: Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Tailor of Gloucester, and Benjamin Bunny.Art time to draw and/or paint. Then we all went to Eagle Creek Park- Nature Center- and saw TONS of great things there! Frogs, Snakes, bugs, trees, plants, rocks....you name it---bee's, skinks...GREAT day!
Tuesday:
Slide Biography(with tea!) on Beatrix's Life and Times, focusing on her young adulthood, art, and holidays. We read aloud: Tale of Two Bad Mice, Mrs. Tiggywinkle, Pie and Pattypan, and assigned Mr. Jeremy Fisher for homework. Then we went to the "Secret Beach" at their neighborhood creek! She pictures below!!! Too much fun!! This part was Dd's FAVORITE part of the whole week, btw!
Wednesday:
Slide Biography (with tea!) on Beatrix's Life and Times, focusing on her getting her books published and getting engaged!! (to Norman Warne) We read aloud (while the kids did artwork): Tom Kitten, Jemima Puddleduck, Samuel Whiskers, and saved Fierce Bad Rabbit and Miss Moppet for our homework. Then we drove to the IMA to celebrate Beatrix and David's birthday's. We went to the Oldfields House at the IMA, and enjoyed gardens there that I didn't even know were there. We had an Easter Egg hunt like Victorian's would have at their parties, and played croquet too! It was a great afternoon!!! Below is a few pictures of the MagNiFicent MOTH I had the pleasure of Holding for a Brief moment!!
(IMA--is the Indiana Museum of Art)
The pictures show our time in the gardens playing crochet, egg hunt, and picnic lunch. Then we went to the Oldfield home--which was turned into a museum. This house was to show what it would have been like for Beatrix Potter, who rented houses like this during her summer months in the country with large tracts of property and gardens..during the Victorian period.
The pictures show our time in the gardens playing crochet, egg hunt, and picnic lunch. Then we went to the Oldfield home--which was turned into a museum. This house was to show what it would have been like for Beatrix Potter, who rented houses like this during her summer months in the country with large tracts of property and gardens..during the Victorian period.
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| Crochet game |
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| Trading candy from the egg hunt--the eggs were plastic eggs filled with candy! |
This is the Oldfield home--really beautiful!
 Thursday: Slide Biography (with tea!) on Beatrix's Life and Times, focusing on the Lake District. Then we read aloud while the kids did their artwork: Flopsy Bunnies, The Tale of Ginger and Pickles, Mrs. Tittlemouse, and we left the story of Mr. Tod for homework. Then we had a MAJOR Victorian party meal! Too amazing to imagine-- Cornish Pastries/pie, a whipped airy dessert thing that was a bite of heaven with whipping cream on top and blueberries on top of that, and a mixed salad with all sorts of things in it, and green beans, a potato and yellow squash dish with olive oil and cheeses and tyme---that was delicious! heavenly tea on the side---3 different kids! Friday: Slide Biography (with tea!) on Beatrix's Life and Times, focusing on her later years. Then while the kids did their art work we read aloud: The Pigling Bland, Appley Dapply, Johnny Town Mouse, and saved Little Pig Robinson for homework. Then we had another Victorian meal that was amazing!! A Roly Poly dish--it was a bread that she put homemade Whipping Cream and Yokes cooked and then cooled quickly and wisked--what does that make--is it a "Curd"? Oh, boy! That was delicious! It was similar to having ice cream on top of your cake! Very good! This dessert, had flour and fruit jam in a bread roll that was intended for children to eat in the Victorian time period. The meat dish was called something special---but, I can't remember what--very British--a steak with grilled mushrooms in a heavy, dark brown, rich sauce and a crust over the dish. The crust was amazing, the meat was amazing, and the mushrooms were amazing--each element was by itself fantastic; but then when you put them all together it was a symphony in your mouth! R.L. made a cake called Dunder Cake, that had dried fruit in it, and almonds on top of it. There was a dish of cherries, and a dish of grapes, and a dish of shortbread cookies for the younger children. Oh, and I must not forget the peas!! The peas were very good! After the fantastic meal---which I could have ate and ate and ate on----but didn't!!! Then we went to watch our movie:  Miss Potter Starring Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, et al."Miss Potter"! It was good to watch that movie and see what they deemed important to put in, and what they didn't put in as well! Poor brother Bertram didn't even really show up in the movie besides a quick shot when they were littles. And this concludes our Unit Study with our friends. I have pages and pages of notes from I took from the other mother, and I have pages and pages of notes I took for my presentations about all the books I presented and read about each day. I may come back and give some of those details later; but not tonight! Thank you so much to our friends for such a great week!!!! Our Lessons: Bible: Starting Strong: Never too Small For God: Chapter 6: COMPLETED this Book! Math: TT 5 (Teaching Textbooks) for math this week. Lessons 35, 36, 37 and a Quiz. Reader: The Seventeenth Swap  Seventeenth Swap by Eloise McGrawHistory: Story of the USA, Book 3: Chapter 12 & 13: COMPLETED this book! Family RA: Tree of Freedom by Rebecca Caudill: COMPLETED!  Tree of Freedom - Newbery Honor Books by Rebecca Caudill and Dorothy Bayley Morse |
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