tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422966548652160165.post5709104598522464198..comments2023-09-22T05:51:00.396-07:00Comments on Joan Mora: History LessonJoan Morahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03152990243138876941noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422966548652160165.post-5302607914693070342008-02-01T11:59:00.000-08:002008-02-01T11:59:00.000-08:001935? I don't understand why you go to books to fi...1935? I don't understand why you go to books to find out about people, places and things, in that time period when you have people around you that lived them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422966548652160165.post-46496809276768963342008-01-25T14:52:00.000-08:002008-01-25T14:52:00.000-08:00To me, speculating about the future would be more ...To me, speculating about the future would be more difficult than verifying the past. My mind doesn't work that way! Although, if Picard gave me a few pointers...Joan Morahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152990243138876941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422966548652160165.post-87007100954826400362008-01-25T14:49:00.000-08:002008-01-25T14:49:00.000-08:00You're on, Pamela! Yes, the teachers today are muc...You're on, Pamela! Yes, the teachers today are much better than the ones I remember.Joan Morahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152990243138876941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422966548652160165.post-89997118310867123152008-01-25T14:27:00.000-08:002008-01-25T14:27:00.000-08:00I love history, but my latest wip (circa late 16th...I love history, but my latest wip (circa late 16th Century) has taken soooo long to finish due to all the research for details on things like food, dress and mannerisms.<BR/><BR/>Next time it's back to the future for me.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422966548652160165.post-48566384807471059552008-01-25T09:15:00.000-08:002008-01-25T09:15:00.000-08:00Make that two tickets and I'll happily go as your ...Make that two tickets and I'll happily go as your research assistant. I, too, was not good in history. Maybe the fault lies with the teachers we had for not making history fun to learn. I know I've learned more about history from my kids' history projects than I ever learned from a textbook. This year my son made a travel brochure for Lewis and Clark and a four-page newspaper about the Boston Massacre. Now that's interesting!Pamela Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18267333699680840984noreply@blogger.com