The purpose of this post is to provide a space for announcements, guidelines, and other information pertaining to the Forgottonia History Club hosted by Cuba High School. This post will reference our next two meetings on Wednesday 9/7/22 and Wednesday 9/14/22.
MEETING OUTLINE
- Examine old Cuba Yearbooks
- Choose one Yearbook from Cuba High School’s past. Make a Post of 3 interesting things you find, 3 CLOSED-ENDED questions you have, and 3 OPEN-ENDED Questions you have
- Discuss the types of local landmarks, traditions, and customs in Cuba, Fulton County, and/or Forgottonia that could be a potential topic for your project (Goal is to have a topic selected by the end of week 4
- Review our growing catalog of Forgottonia resources being gathered on our TPS page).
- Finalize your topic & determine if you’re going to work alone, with a partner, or with a small group (or with Mr. Brewer)
- If I can help it, I’d like each topic to be different (or at least framed differently)
- Work on your MASTER of QUESTIONS BADGE
- Determine your Q-Source (Your topic)
- Complete the 5-step QFT process (Make a copy & complete THIS FORM)
- Prioritize 3-5 Open-Ended questions that will guide your project
- Narrow your topic (If need be)
- Purpose: 5 guiding questions
- #1 – IDENTITY: What does “rural America” mean? What makes these places unique? How do we identify with them?
- #2 – LAND: How has our attraction to & interaction with the land formed the basis of rural America/
- #3 – COMMUNITY: How have rural communities & small towns evolved & changed?
- #4 – MANAGING CHANGE: Changes transformed rural America (including global influences), especially during the 1900s
- #5 – PERSISTENCE: What are some of these changes, & what have they meant for rural life? People are holding on in their rural communities? Why & how?
CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Opportunities for September: Monday, September 12th, 7 pm – Dr. Hallwas will be speaking at the McDonough County Historical Society (Spoon River College Outreach Center in Macomb, IL; Directions linked)
- 8th Annual “Echoes of the Past” Cemetery Walk, Sunday, September 25
- An outdoor history theater in which former residents of Canton are portrayed by local actors. Their stories are told in three presentations. The first at 3:30 p.m. takes place on stage in front of the Mausoleum, while the second and third, at 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., are at Individual sites that participants walk among in historic Greenwood Cemetery, Canton, IL. There is no charge to attend but donations are welcomed
The Forgottonia Project 