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Post subject: Now this is a school project...
 Posted: Sep 16, 2008 - 12:56 AM
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Sullivan began tracing the lives of local World War I veterans seven years ago, when he asked his American history class to research the lives of 58 veterans honored on a plaque outside the school. Some students even discovered they were living in homes the soldiers once lived in.
"We were going to try and put faces to the names," said Sullivan. But the project took a twist when he learned that at least 41 known local veterans were not listed on the plaque.
The school year finished before much could be learned about the unrecognized veterans, but Sullivan continued to pursue their stories. He began visiting the graves of soldiers and found Dulevitz's bare plot.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articl ... e_tribute/
I remember most of my school projects as being dull, routine,
just something to do type exercises. This is something I
would have enjoyed digging into. |
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Post subject: Re: Now this is a school project...
Posted: Sep 17, 2008 - 11:30 AM
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Location: standing here shaking my head in disbelief....
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| Gornman wrote: |
Sullivan began tracing the lives of local World War I veterans seven years ago, when he asked his American history class to research the lives of 58 veterans honored on a plaque outside the school. Some students even discovered they were living in homes the soldiers once lived in.
"We were going to try and put faces to the names," said Sullivan. But the project took a twist when he learned that at least 41 known local veterans were not listed on the plaque.
The school year finished before much could be learned about the unrecognized veterans, but Sullivan continued to pursue their stories. He began visiting the graves of soldiers and found Dulevitz's bare plot.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articl ... e_tribute/
I remember most of my school projects as being dull, routine,
just something to do type exercises. This is something I
would have enjoyed digging into. |
Wow, that is a good idea. I think that we are too likely to take our freedoms for granted in this country, and a school project that not only teaches research techniques, but gives the kids some idea of the people who have fought for their freedoms, is a great teaching tool. |
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When you try to make others look small, you only show how truly tiny your own spirit is.
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Posted: Sep 17, 2008 - 01:13 PM
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Location: I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.--Abraham Lincoln
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I have always thought that if you can teach students the skills of doing research, they will learn to teach themselves and also learn to discern between good and bad sources of information.
I also believe that students who research their projects like that tend to remember it better. |
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Let's do it as a memorial to Joyce Mason
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