"Gettysburg:
The Face of Battle"
A Distance Learning Program from
Gettysburg National Military Park
Upton students took a trip to Gettysburg without
leaving the classroom. On May 9, 2001, Mrs. Rigg’s class participated in a live
broadcast from the Gettysburg Battlefield to classrooms all across the country
via satellite. Featured in the one-hour broadcast were two 8th Grade
school groups that acted out a special program on "Pickett's Charge",
the last Confederate gamble at Gettysburg. Students submitted 3 questions
about the battle via e-mail during the broadcast. They were excited to
receive answers
from John Heiser, the Historian from Gettysburg National Park, who took
part in the broadcast.
Gettysburg Walking Tour
Intrigued
by the Battlefield satellite broadcast, students were curious about the town of
Gettysburg and were excited to discover an informative virtual walking tour at
Main
Street Gettysburg
http://www.mainstreetgettysburg.org/msgpath.htm
Civil War News
Information
has been added to Upton’s web page about Morgan’s Christmas Raid through Hardin
County http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/Upton/Morgan.htm
with the assistance of The News-Enterprise, Upton Mayor Mike Beumel and Mr.
& Mrs. Kenny Coplin.
Mr.
Beumel is a re-enactor with the Second Kentucky Infantry Regiment, which has a
very interesting web page at http://www.2NDKY.ORG
with lots of pictures. He has promised
to visit Upton & put on a program about the Civil War next year.