[TheForge] Brief History of Blacksmithing

[Woolley]

Steve,

He and I both can say things during the demonstration.  I'm looking for 
something to give to the teachers to prime the students before they get 
there so we don't have to give them a history lesson while he works.

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Hurlock" <steve at sigmatek.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Brief History of Blacksmithing


> When ever I demonstrated at schools or for school groups, I always
> incorporated alittle history myself into the presentation. Is this 
> something
> your shop owner would be able to do? Or maybe another smith in the area.
>
> Steve
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Woolley" <wjec at verizon.net>
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:36 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] Brief History of Blacksmithing
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> And now for something different!  Sorry, couldn't help myself, anyway... 
> As
> co -chairman of Cultural Arts Committee in our local PTA, I am organizing 
> a
> field trip to a local artist-blacksmith's shop for 4th through 6th 
> graders.
> I want to give the teachers some information on blacksmithing to acclimate
> the students to what they will be seeing.  Does anyone have any ideas as 
> to
> what existing printed information on the history of blacksmithing I can
> supply.  I'm trying to get away with not writing something myself.  The
> other aspects of organizing the trip are time consuming enough.  It should
> be brief because the teachers can't afford to spend too much time on
> something unrelated to the curriculum.  Anything??
>
> Regards,
> Bill Woolley
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