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Handouts and more from Ed Johnson’s OLLI at WVU classes

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(If you need an Adobe PDF viewer, download it here.  You may want to uncheck the boxes for the optional McAfee software)

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Clicking on “YouTube Playlist” in the sections below takes you to the respective YouTube website.

 (You can see the YouTube playlists for many of Ed’s earliest OLLI classes by clicking on this sentence.)

 (You can see the YouTube playlists for many of Ed’s most recent OLLI classes by clicking on this sentence.)

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  >>Don Knotts – Spring 2024 -OLLI

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 >> WV @ 150 – Spring 2024 – OLLI

 

Explore “Handout” (pdf)

Explore West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s “YouTube Playlist”

“The Paint Creek Strike” has the incorrect date of 1921 on the YouTube Playlist – the correct date is 1912. 
“The Eccles Mine Disaster” has the incorrect date of 1941 on the YouTube Playlist – the correct date is 1914.

Explore “Misc. Centennial and Sesquicentennial Images”

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 >> Bridges of West Virginia – Winter 2024 – OLLI

Explore “Bridges” from MH3WV’s “Transportation” page

Explore West Virginia Division of Highways’ “Crossings – Bridge Building in West Virginia”

Explore West Virginia Division of Highways’ “Highways Through History” Website

Explore “West Virginia Statewide Historic Bridge Survey: Final Survey Report 2015” (pdf) (551 pages)

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Explore “Handout” – “Ohio River”  (pdf)

Explore YouTube Playlist – “Ohio River”

Explore a couple photos of the Wellsburg Bridge floating  (pdf)

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Explore “Handout” – “Great Kanawha  / New Rivers”  (pdf)

Explore YouTube Playlist – “Great Kanawha  / New Rivers” 

Explore “Charleston Interstate Pedestrian Overpass” (pdf)

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Explore “Handout” – “Southern West Virginia”  (pdf)

Explore YouTube Playlist – “Southern West Virginia”

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Explore “Handout” – “The Rest”

Explore YouTube Playlist – “The Rest”

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 >> Walt Disney World’s Candlelight Processional – Fall 2023

Click here to Explore “Handout”  (pdf)

Click here to Explore YouTube playlist

Walt Disney World Candlelight Processional 2023 Celebrity Narrators:

• Chrissy Metz (NEW): Nov. 24-25
• Luis Fonsi (NEW): Nov. 26-27

• Ann-Margret (NEW): Nov. 28-29 — (Ann-Margret appeared on Nov. 28 only – her performance is included in the YouTube playlist above.  Ashley Eckstein replaced her.)

• Simu Liu: Nov. 30-Dec. 2
• John Stamos: Dec. 3-5
• Neil Patrick Harris: Dec. 6-8
• Marlee Matlin: Dec. 9-11
• Brendan Fraser (NEW): Dec. 12-14
• Eva Longoria (NEW): Dec. 15-16
• Joey McIntyre (NEW): Dec. 17-18
• Sterling K. Brown (NEW): Dec. 19-20
• Jordan Fisher (NEW): Dec. 21-23
• Steven Curtis Chapman: Dec. 24-26
• Audra McDonald (NEW): Dec. 27-28
• Lisa Ling: Dec. 29-30

 

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 >> Disney’s Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 – Fall 2023

Explore Session 1 “Preshow”  (pdf)

Explore Disney (and Pixar) Animated Films  (pdf)

Explore Fantasia Anthology Insert:  (pdfs)     Side A       Side B 

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Explore YouTube playlist — (there may be further additions)

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Relevant videos available on Disney+

• “The Plausible Impossible”
• “Story of the Animated Drawing”  —  3 of 4 segments also on YouTube – but not the most relevant one
• “Melody Time” —  a couple segments are also on YouTube
  
• “Fantasia”
• “Fantasia 2000”
• “Waking Sleeping Beauty”

Relevant Videos, but not on Disney +

• “Make Mine Music” — most segments are in this playlist
  
• “Tricks of Our Trade”   —  on YouTube
  
• “Fantasia that Never Was”  — on YouTube

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Explore “Musical Pictures” Website

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 >> Beginning Railfanning – Fall 2023

Beginning Railfanning  – Wikipedia Info & Other Resources (pdf)

 YouTube Playlists:

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 >> Fossil Fuels – Summer 2023

This class will be presented primarily from the “Fossil Fuels” section on the “Energy/Natural Resources” page on this website.  You can visit it by clicking on this sentence.

Additional resource:  YouTube Playlist

Mountain Valley Pipeline map and link to website

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 >> Covered Bridges – Summer 2023 –

Covered Bridges — includes Locations – handout (pdf)

Truss Types  &  Google Maps – handout (pdf)

Explore “WV Covered Bridges” Brochure 1988 (pdf)

YouTube Playlist – (1 item)

Explore West Virginia Tourism’s “17 Most Scenic Covered Bridges in the WV Countryside” Website

Explore Steve Shaluta’s “West Virginia Covered Bridges” Commercial Website    (Photos are available for purchase.)

Explore Charleston Gazette-Mail and Elkins Inter-Mountain articles about Carrollton Covered Bridge’s fire and rebuilding (2017/2021) (pdf)

Explore Charleston Gazette-Mail’s “State’s second longest covered bridge prepped for restoration” article (2022) (pdf)

Explore Fairmont Times-West Virginian article “Organizers work to raise funds to restore Barracksville’s historic covered bridge” article  (2021) (pdf)

Explore WV MetroNews’ “Historic Carrollton Covered Bridge reopens following extensive repairs” article   (2023)  (pdf)

Explore current Carrollton Covered Bridge pictures

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 >> West Virginia State Symbols – Spring 2023

 

 

Handout (pdf)

YouTube Playlist

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 >> State Capitol Complex – Culture Center – Governor’s Mansion – Winter 2023

   

 >> West Virginia State Capitol Building – Winter 2023

 

 

 

These classes will be presented from the “State Capitol and Complex” page on this website.  You can visit it by clicking on this sentence.

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 >>Intro to PIXAR Studios – Fall 2022

“Handout” (pdf)

Pixar Timeline (pdf)

YouTube Playlist

 

Walt Disney Co — 1957 chart of Business Model/Synergy and 2019 chart of Companies Owned (pdf)

WDW Magic Kingdom Utilidors (tunnels) map

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 >>Alternative/Renewable Energy – Summer 2022

YouTube Playlist – Hydrogen, Geothermal, Nuclear

Also see the Energy/Natural Resources page on this website

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 >>The Mine Wars – Spring 2022

Handouts (pdf):    Part 1     Part 2     Part 3     Part 4     Part 5      Part 6

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 >> Candlelight Processional – Walt Disney World – (OLLI – Fall 2021)

Click here for YouTube video – program begins @ 7:50 — no need to go past 55:43

Alternate YouTube vid  10:07 — no need to go past 1:00:16

“Handout” (pdf)

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>> Lunch/Lights – Disney Night Pageants and Spectaculars  (OLLI – Spring/Summer 2021)

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Walt Disney Co — 1957 chart of Business Model/Synergy and 2019 chart of Companies Owned (pdf)

WDW Magic Kingdom Utilidors (tunnels) map

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— Spring 2021 —

1 – Original Illuminations – Epcot Overview

Handout (word doc)         YouTube Playlist

2 – Illuminations: Reflections of Earth – Walt Disney World Overview

Handout (word doc)         YouTube Playlist

3 – Epcot Forever –

Handout (word doc)         YouTube Playlist

Disney Parks Blog – A Place Where Everyone is Welcome

Full List of “Disney Look” Hairstyles, Nails, and Tattoos

4 – BraviSEAmo – Tokyo Disney Resort Overview

Handout (word doc)      YouTube Playlist

http://www.kget.jp/lyric/76873/Swept+Away+%28English+Version%29_

WDW Resorts

5 – “Class choice” – Rivers of Light – Animal Kingdom Overview

Handout (word doc)      YouTube Playlist

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— Summer 2021 —

6 – Opening Gala – Shanghai Disneyland

Handout (word doc)        YouTube Playlist  

7 – World of Color – Disney’s California Adventure

Handout (word doc)        YouTube Playlist

8 – Disney Dreams – Disneyland Paris

Handout (word doc)      YouTube Playlist

9 – Fantasmic – Disneyland Park

Handout (word doc)      YouTube Playlist     

10 – Fantasmic – Tokyo DisneySea

Handout (word doc)      YouTube Playlist    

11 – Illuminate – Shanghai Disneyland

Handout (word doc)     YouTube Playlist

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>> Famous Places in WV

 

Part 1  —-  Northern Panhandle — Mid-Ohio Valley — Metro Valley

Part 2  —-  Metro Valley — Hatfield-McCoy Mountains

Part 3  —-  New River/Greenbrier Valley   

Part 4  —-  Mountain Lakes — Mountaineer Country

Summer 2020 — Mountaineer Country rebooted

Fall 2020 —  Eastern Panhandle

Winter 2021 — Potomac Highlands

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“Handout” of WV maps – (pdf) – 2 pages

Click here for a large WV map showing roads, waterways, railroads, counties,etc.(pdf)

WV Tourism logos – (word doc)

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 >> Lunch/Lights – Disney Night Parades  (OLLI – Winter 2021)

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Walt Disney Co — 1957 chart of Business Model/Synergy and 2019 chart of Companies Owned (pdf)

WDW Magic Kingdom Utilidors (tunnels) map

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1 – Class Overview – Walt Disney World/Magic Kingdom Resort Area Overview – “The Electrical Water Pageant”

Online “Handout” (Word Doc)    —    YouTube Playlist

2 – Disneyland Resort Area Overview – “The Main Street Electrical Parade”

Online “Handout” (Word Doc)    —    YouTube Playlist

3 – Magic Kingdom Overview – “SpectroMagic”

Online “Handout” (Word Doc)    —    YouTube Playlist

4 – Hong Kong Disneyland Overview – “Paint the Night Electrical Parade”

Online “Handout” (Word Doc)    —    YouTube Playlist

5 -Tokyo Disneyland Resort Overview – “Fantillusion”

Online “Handout” (Word Doc)    —    YouTube Playlist

6 – Tokyo Disneyland Overview – “DreamLights”

Online “Handout” (Word Doc)    —    YouTube Playlist

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 >> WV Made/Grown

Part 1 – (Food and Beverage)

Handout (pdf)

YouTube Playlist

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Part 2  – (Glass/Pottery/Wood & Forest)

Handout (pdf)

YouTube Playlist

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 >> Covered Bridges

Covered Bridges — includes Locations – handout (pdf)

Truss Types  &  Google Maps – handout (pdf)

Explore “WV Covered Bridges” Brochure 1988 (pdf)

YouTube Playlist

 

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 >> State Capitol Complex – Culture Center – Governor’s Mansion

   

Capitol Complex-Culture Center-Governor’s Mansion – includes Veterans Memorial, Statuary, and more. – handout  (pdf)

YouTube Playlist

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 >> West Virginia State Capitol Building

Capitol Building – handout (pdf)

YouTube Playlist

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 >> The Mine Wars

“The desire for dignity runs deep.”

Denise Giardina, Writer:  “For many West Virginians we have a strong attachment to place because it’s not an easy place to live. At the same time, we relate to one another I think through the struggle of being here. Growing up in a coal camp you felt a sense of community. Your neighbors looked after one another. Everybody knew everybody else’s business. Nobody looked down on anybody else and you’re all in it together.”

Timeline (pdf)

Maps (pdf)

Mother Jones (pdf)

Women in the Mines (pdf)

Jean Battlo — Ellis Ray Williams (pdf)

Watch The Mine Wars on PBS Website – includes, transcript, clips from the program and articles. (PBS has the rights to stream the program until September 2, 2020)

YouTube Playlist

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 >> WV State Symbols

Handout (pdf)

YouTube Playlist

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 >> WV National Lands

Part 1 – handout (pdf)

YouTube Playlist

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Addendum > National Heritage Area status was granted to the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area (AFHA) in March 2019

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Part 2 – handout (pdf)

YouTube Playlist

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 >> WV @ 150

     

Handout (pdf)

YouTube Playlist

(The Paint Creek Strike has the incorrect date of 1921 on both the YouTube Playlist and the Handout – the correct date is 1912.)

(The Eccles Mine Disaster has the incorrect date of 1941 on the YouTube Playlist – the correct date is 1914.)

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 >>Transportation in West Virginia

    >> Planes,

Handout (pdf)

(No YouTube Playlist for Planes)

 

 

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       >> Trains,

Part 1 – Handout (pdf)

Part 2 – Handout (pdf)

YouTube Playlist

open railway map

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           >> & Automobiles. . .

 

Handout (pdf)

YouTube Playlist

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             >> (& Boats)

Handout (pdf)

YouTube Playlist

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                >> (& PRTs)

Handout (pdf) – includes additional material

YouTube Playlist

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 >> Suzy Bucy’s – Historic Trains – Railroad Book  –  (Lunch and Learn)

Handout (pdf)

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 >> Lunch & Lights!  Floats & Fireworks! –Spring & Summer 2020

>>Spring 2020 (Sessions One to Six)  >>Summer 2020 (Sessions Seven to Fourteen)

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Walt Disney Co — 1957 chart of Business Model/Synergy and 2019 chart of Companies Owned (pdf)

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       Online “Handout”   —  (Word Doc)  —  Sessions One through Six

       YouTube Playlist  —  Sessions One, Two, and Three

One:  Introduction – Walt Disney World/Magic Kingdom Resort Area Overview – “The Electrical Water Pageant”

Two:  Disneyland Overview –  “Main Street Electrical Parade”

Three:  Magic Kingdom – “SpectroMagic”

       YouTube Playlist — Sessions Four, Five, and Six

Four:  Hong Kong Disneyland – “Paint the Night Electrical Parade”

Five:  Tokyo Disneyland – “Fantillusion”

Six:  Tokyo Disneyland – “DreamLights”

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       Online “Handout”   —  (Word Doc)  —  Sessions Seven and Eight

       YouTube Playlist — Sessions Seven and Eight

Seven: Epcot Overview – “IllumiNations”  (original)

Eight: Walt Disney World Overview – “IllumiNations – Reflections of Earth”

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       Online “Handout” –Sessions Nine and Ten — (Word Doc)

       YouTube Playlist — Sessions Nine and Ten

Nine: Disneyland Paris Overview – “Disney Dreams!”

Ten: Shanghai Disney Overview – “Opening Ceremony”

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       Online “Handout”   —  (Word Doc)  —  Sessions Eleven and Twelve

       YouTube Playlist — Sessions Eleven and Twelve

Eleven: Disneys Animal Kingdom Overview – “Rivers of Light”

Twelve: Disney California Adventure Overview – “World of Color” 

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       Online “Handout”   —  (Word Doc)  —  Sessions Thirteen and Fourteen

       YouTube Playlist — Sessions Thirteen and Fourteen

Thirteen: Disneyland Overview – “Fantasmic”

Fourteen: Tokyo DisneySea Overview – “Fantasmic”

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