tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post3802713928431840075..comments2024-03-01T10:16:11.283-08:00Comments on AmericanStudies: June 13, 2014: D-Day Stories: Frank Draper, Jr.AmericanStudierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-66520914779355292982014-06-13T15:05:47.677-07:002014-06-13T15:05:47.677-07:00Thanks, AnneMarie! I think however we learn those ...Thanks, AnneMarie! I think however we learn those stories and histories is an important part of the conversation, and certainly great teachers can do that as well as anyone.AmericanStudierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-4944366049708777092014-06-13T14:04:01.575-07:002014-06-13T14:04:01.575-07:00This isn't really a story of the D Day invasio...This isn't really a story of the D Day invasion, but it sort of it. Terry Thomas, professor in the history department, always manages to relate history to her students in as anecdotal a manner as possible. She treats history as a narrative to be told and shared and one of the finest narratives she related to me (as a member of her class) was Normandy. I think everyone in the class was riveted and stuck on her as she talked passionately and intelligently about the small details and painted a big picture from it. I know this was supposed to be more about D-Day and the inspiration found from that struggle, but I can't help but remember history as a collection of oral folktales given to me by people like Terry.englishteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04295473633173919203noreply@blogger.com