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Finding Aid: Lindy Poling Collection Item Number: 4310000000

Individual Collection
Location: D043.4A; D043.4B; Restricted Access; Library; Newsletter Collection

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Scope & Content:

Approximately one and a half linear feet of books, newsletters, teaching materials, student link projects, and articles document Lindy Poling's career in teaching high school classes on the Vietnam Conflict. Included in the materials are copies of student "link projects", where students correspond with invidividuals associated with the war era to get a better perspective for their Vietnam War class. Materials date from the post-war era and are in good condition.

Biographical Note:

Mrs. Poling teaches the history of the Vietnam War to her students at Millbrook High School (Raliegh NC) by pairing her students with community leaders who are Vietnam veterans to learn firsthand accounts of their experiences.

Access Level:

Unrestricted

Collection Inventory:

Location	Box	Folder	Contents
D043.4A	1	1	Middle level Learning May/June 2000
			5 Copies of Bridges: The Lesson of Vietnam Special Edition 2001
			Copy of Bridges: The Lessons of Vietnam February 2001
		2	Teaching material from Ms. Poling's Vietnam War class
			Bridges newsletter, Special Edition, 2003
		3	The War and the Wall: Service, Sacrificee and Honor compiled by Jan Scruggs
			Echoes from the Mall: A Field Trip Guide. A teacher's guide to the Vietnam, Korea, and other Memorials in Washington DC
			Teaching Vietnam by Lindy Poling
			Photocopy of an article from the Washington Times (November 11, 2002): Students learn about war from those who lived it
			Middle Level Learning (May/June 2000) Contains an article by Lindy Poling: The Real World: Community Speakers in the Classroom
			Article printed from the Internet (Wake County Public School System website): He's Still On Watch: Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. by E. Barclay Poling (January 15, 2000)
		4	Millbrook High School - Bridges: Lessons of Vietnam
			December 2002 (Volume IV, Issue 2)
			February 2003 (Volume IV, Issue 3)
			October 2003 (Volume V, Issue 1)
			December 2003 (Volume V, Issue 2)
			March 2004 (Volume IV, Issue 3)
			October 2004 (Volume VI, Issue 1)
			December 2004 (Volume IV, Issue 2)
			February 2005 (Volume VI, Issue 3)
			Special Edition (no date)
			Special Edition (2001)
			Special Edition (2002)
			Special Edition (2003)
			Special Edition (2004)
			Special Edition (2005) (two copies)
			December 2005 (Volume VII, Issue 2)
		5	November 2002 (Volume IV, Issue 1)
			November 2005 (Volume VII, Issue 1)
			Special Edition (2006)
		6	Articles
			North Raleigh News: "Where History Comes Alive - Teacher invites vets to speak to Vietnam class" (15 November 2002)
			USA Today: "Personal Approach Revisits the Past with a Point of View" (14 March 2005)
			Lessons of Vietnam Student Link Projects (All Link Projects with personal information have been photocopied with the information removed. Originals are in Restricted Access).
		7	LOV Link Projects - 2001
		8	LOV Link Projects - 2002
		9	LOV Link Projects - 2002
		10	LOV Link Projects - 2003
		11	LOV Link Projects - 2003
		12	LOV Link Projects - 2004
		13	LOV Link Projects - 2004
		14	LOV Link Projects - 2005
		15	LOV Link Projects - 2005
		16	LOV Link Projects - 2005
		17	LOV Link Projects - 2005
		18	LOV Link Projects - 2005
		19	LOV Link Projects - 2005
		20	LOV Link Projects - 2006
		21	LOV Link Projects - Undated
		22	LOV Link Projects - Undated
D043.4B	2	1	LOV Link Projects - Undated
		2	LOV Link Projects - Undated
		3	LOV Link Projects - Undated

Separated Materials:

Books:	Webster's New World Dictionary of the Vietnam War, 1999.
	The War and the Wall: Service, Sacrifice, and Honor compiled by Jan Scruggs.
Newsletters:	Bridges, Special Edition 2001 (5 Copies).
	National History Club Newsletter and Forum (Spring 2005).
	Veterans Education Project Update Volume 16, Number 2.
	Veterans Education Project Update Volume 17, Number 1.

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