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How many of us have a big pile of military/historical *stuff*??

If you're reading this, in the milsurp section, the answer is probably a resounding "ME".

Next week is Remembrance Day.

I usually speak at my daughter's school during their assembly, but this year am unavailable due to work requirements. So instead, I spoke with the Principal about a month ago, and we've arranged that I'm going to bring in a few pictures, and some non-firearm memorabilia to display in the locked display cabinet in the entrance of the school.

I've printed off a few photos at Costco (8x10, 10x12 are a good thing, and cheap) and have a few other little items that will be displayed, including:

Scout, Regiment Telescope
2007 Vimy Medal
No 8 Mk 2 canvas Sleeve
"Brodie" Helmet
War Diary from WWI (select pages)

I'm dropping in this afternoon to assemble the display in the cabinet.

How many of you have non-gun stuff that you'd be willing to setup as a display in a school for the next week and a bit? Many schools will already have their display cabinets setup or planned, but think about it for next year.

Pictures to follow once I have the display arranged.

How will they know unless we tell them? How will they remember if we let them forget?

NS
 
Before guns were bad, I brought my No4 Enfield, web gear and helmet in to a grade school to do a remembrence day talk. The kids all loved how shiney and pointy the bullets were. That was 20 years ago, I imagine the same today would result in an ETF call. Too bad.
 
I've had a uniform display up for the last week in my Social 20 class. Both Canadian and German uniforms and field gear.

Yesterday I let the students play dress up and it was the English 10 class that got into it the most.

This week I've broken the display down and only have the Canadian uniforms and gear displayed for Remembrance Day.


Kids love to try on the helmets, gas masks, and instantly gravitate to the German gear.


Great discussions follow.
 
Going in to talk to schools teachers always want you to bring in as much history as you can... It would be nice to be able to bring in the rifles as well, but the kids usually like to see bayonets - shiny, pointy, captures their imagination.
 
In my son's old school, a well liked cop in the DARE program was promptly removed & disciplined for letting some kids to check out his unloaded pistol. Apparently, it was too much for some anti soccer moms.
 
I would love to bring some of my non-firearm related militaria items to show the younger students. God knows the history program in my former high school is severely lacking anything relevant and interesting. You can only learn so much from a lecture that when someone brings in a period item to hold and evaluate, you can truly connect with the past.

I am thinking I will try to contact my former high school and talk with the history department head as we were quite adamant about some changes to the program back when I was a student. Perhaps I can have a display set up in one of his history classes ? Only one way to find out.
 
Here's what I setup. Bonus points for folks who provide correct nomenclature for items they see....

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I took some pictures of my display today. All the good photos I can't show because of the Privacy Act, but I had two students write a Social 20 test while wearing helmets.

I've mixed up the display a bit, last week I had two tall Canadians and two short Germans.

During Remembrance week, I'll delete the Germans and add my South Alberta and Lord Strathcona's Horse uniforms.

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canuck98k said:
I took some pictures of my display today. All the good photos I can't show because of the Privacy Act, but I had two students write a Social 20 test while wearing helmets.

I've mixed up the display a bit, last week I had two tall Canadians and two short Germans.

During Remembrance week, I'll delete the Germans and add my South Alberta and Lord Strathcona's Horse uniforms.

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What School do you teach at!!??! :eek:

I was going to home school my kids, but if I can send them to an educational facility where you are a teacher, i think i may have second thoughts... :)

All of my history teachers in High School were first and foremost, phs. ed. teachers... :mad: The school didn't deem Social Studies and History worthy enough for a proper teacher. :(

I don't think I can forget when I brought my Spanish Civil War helmet to school for "Hat Day". All the students and teachers commented on how "cool" and "interesting" it was, well, except for my history teacher :rolleyes: who called me a "Natzee"...

This is also the same gentleman who bumped me down a grade for mentioning, in front of class, a mistake that he had made about the translation of "Blitzkreig". He knew it meant "lightning strike", whereas I informed him to brush up on his German...

But I digress...

I would love to set up a display at the local school! Might be time to talk to some of the teachers.
 
Awesome! I used to give talks at my brother's school around Remembrance Day, showing attestation documents and photos and realia like helmets and Ypres-dug relic grenades. You could see that it really got to some of the kids. I was teaching in Texas last year, and they don't even know that Nov. 11 is a special day. Now I'm teaching in Japan, and, well, considering WW2 isn't even in their history books...It IS cool to talk to some of the old guys who were kids during the war, though.
 
Very cool display, Canuck!

I just got off the phone with the head of the history department at my former high school and he is interested in seeing the ww1 and ww2 items I have for display. I also offered to come in and perform a "show and tell" of the items to the Grade 10 classes as well as show some pictures I took of the battlefields from my recent trip to the Somme and Verdun area back in May of this year. I also have some battlefield relics found in the farmers fields including shell fragments but also some barbed wire and some 7.92x57mm Mauser and 303 British rifle cartridges that are spent but are preserved quite well for their age in the area I found them in. I figure there is no need to hammer away at the information already in their textbooks but instead focus on bringing that information to life.

I am so excited that I am even working on a mini lesson plan as I write this.
 
Hey all,

Great news, I was able to get in contact with the head of the history department at my former high school and he agreed to come over and have a look at the items and pictures I have for display. Here are some pictures of the display I have set up for him for when he comes over to have a look. I thought I would share it with you guys as well.

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Thumper167 said:
Some real cool stuff but I am pretty sure in Canada firearms on school property is a very big no no
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I am quite sure you are right. The teacher was involved in some WW1 re-enacting so he handled some of these firearms (likely de-wats). I am sure bringing a firearm, even with permission from the school, would be like trying to take an inert ammo round through security at the airport (yes it happened to me, remember to remove those inert rounds off your house key ring!). No matter though, as I would opt in for displaying and providing information on the other militaria items (bayonets, ammo pouch, battlefield items...etc).
 
If you have some allied "stuff" as well, that's probably something that the kids can get a more personal attachment to. Stuff from the "enemy" side may be interesting, but stuff that "our boys" may have carried is probably a lot cooler.

NS
 
Nice displays guys, good for you for doing this! I remember back in middle school and guy coming and setting up a similar display and I loved it, maybe one of the reasons I'm still into this stuff.

-Steve
 
I have a 1907 pattern bayonet coming in from the U.S. but I am not sure if it will arrive in time. Helmets are next on my list but I won't be able to afford any of those for a while.
 
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