Tuesday, January 24, 2006
The Heartland Series~
Tonight we enjoyed watching another video from The Heartland Series, created by Bill Landry. Our county library must have 20+ of these videos (which are each about 2 hr. long compilations of shorter episodes which aired on t.v. years ago, and continue to be created now), and we've been going through them week by week.
And so, we're getting quite an education on the local history of this region in which we're living, chronologically, beginning with the settlement by those who crossed the land bridge (Bering strait) long ago... It's been a fascinating journey, full of so many fascinating facts, geological and ecological lessons, historical re-enactments and intriguing characters (visits and interviews with locals, who share their homesteading ways and crafts).
If you live in anywhere in this area and would like to enjoy some local history and folks, then I'd encourage you to find out if your local library carries these documentaries... it's been a delightfully informative introduction to TN history for us so far, and we're only on Vol. V. Our almost 7 and 10yo kids have found them engaging as well.
The program, which started as a series of five-minute features about the wonder of the Great Smoky Mountains, continues to celebrate the people and the land of the entire Appalachian region, and in 1998, the series was expanded to a 30-minute version airing each Saturday, 7:30 p.m., on WBIR, Channel 10.
Great Smoky Mountain National Park has over 4,000 species of plant life. A walk from mountain base to peak compares with traveling 1,250 miles north. Several resident plants and animals live only in the Smokies. It also has a rich cultural history. From the Cherokee Indians, to the Scotch-Irish settlers, this land was home to a variety of cultures and people. Many historic structures remain standing.
~Smoky2000.com
And so, we're getting quite an education on the local history of this region in which we're living, chronologically, beginning with the settlement by those who crossed the land bridge (Bering strait) long ago... It's been a fascinating journey, full of so many fascinating facts, geological and ecological lessons, historical re-enactments and intriguing characters (visits and interviews with locals, who share their homesteading ways and crafts).
If you live in anywhere in this area and would like to enjoy some local history and folks, then I'd encourage you to find out if your local library carries these documentaries... it's been a delightfully informative introduction to TN history for us so far, and we're only on Vol. V. Our almost 7 and 10yo kids have found them engaging as well.
The program, which started as a series of five-minute features about the wonder of the Great Smoky Mountains, continues to celebrate the people and the land of the entire Appalachian region, and in 1998, the series was expanded to a 30-minute version airing each Saturday, 7:30 p.m., on WBIR, Channel 10.
Great Smoky Mountain National Park has over 4,000 species of plant life. A walk from mountain base to peak compares with traveling 1,250 miles north. Several resident plants and animals live only in the Smokies. It also has a rich cultural history. From the Cherokee Indians, to the Scotch-Irish settlers, this land was home to a variety of cultures and people. Many historic structures remain standing.
~Smoky2000.com
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