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


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

 (You can see the YouTube playlists for almost all of Ed’s OLLI classes by clicking here.)

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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)

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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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  • Disneyland (DL) – 1955
  • Magic Kingdom (MK) – 1971
  • EPCOT (EC) (nee Epcot Center) – 1982
  • Tokyo Disneyland (TDL) – 1983
  • Disney Hollywood Studios (ST) (nee Disney-MGM Studios) – 1989
  • Disneyland Paris (DLP) (nee EuroDisney) – 1992
  • Animal Kingdom (AK) – 1998
  • Tokyo DisneySea (TDS) – 2001
  • Disney California Adventure (DCA) – 2001
  • Walt Disney Studios (WDS) (Paris) – 2002
  • Hong Kong Disneyland (HK) – 2005
  • Shanghai Disneyland – 2016

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

WDW Magic Kingdom Utilidors (tunnels) map


— 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


— 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


“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)


Mountain Lakes

Online “Handout”

YouTube Playlist

Mountaineer Country

Online “Handout”

YouTube Playlist

Eastern Panhandle – Fall 2020

Online “Handout”

YouTube Playlist

Potomac Highlands – Winter 2021

Online “Handout” (word doc) – last update 03/10/2021

YouTube Playlist –  last update 03/09/2021

YouTube Playlist of Eastern Panhandle “Leftovers”

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

  • Disneyland (DL) – 1955
  • Magic Kingdom (MK) – 1971
  • EPCOT (EC) (nee Epcot Center) – 1982
  • Tokyo Disneyland (TDL) – 1983
  • Disney Hollywood Studios (ST) (nee Disney-MGM Studios) – 1989
  • Disneyland Paris (DLP) (nee EuroDisney) – 1992
  • Animal Kingdom (AK) – 1998
  • Tokyo DisneySea (TDS) – 2001
  • Disney California Adventure (DCA) – 2001
  • Walt Disney Studios (WDS) (Paris) – 2002
  • Hong Kong Disneyland (HK) – 2005
  • Shanghai Disneyland – 2016

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

WDW Magic Kingdom Utilidors (tunnels) map


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



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



Part 2 – handout (pdf)

YouTube Playlist

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 >> WV @ 150

     WV sesquilogosmall

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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 >> 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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  • Disneyland (DL) – 1955
  • Magic Kingdom (MK) – 1971
  • EPCOT (EC) (nee Epcot Center) – 1982
  • Tokyo Disneyland (TDL) – 1983
  • Disney Hollywood Studios (ST) (nee Disney-MGM Studios) – 1989
  • Disneyland Paris (DLP) (nee EuroDisney) – 1992
  • Animal Kingdom (AK) – 1998
  • Tokyo DisneySea (TDS) – 2001
  • Disney California Adventure (DCA) – 2001
  • Walt Disney Studios (WDS) – 2002
  • Hong Kong Disneyland (HK) – 2005
  • Shanghai Disneyland – 2016

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


       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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