Educational Outreach Program
Outline of Plans
I. We will and do provide grants to encourage students to
investigate and increase their appreciation for the history of
Union County and its structures. Copies of these projects would be
kept in P.A.S.T.’s archive repository and future hands-on lab. The
most unique and well written/executed entries would also be posted
on P.A.S.T.’s website. It is hoped that top entries would be
exhibited in one of our annual events as well.
II. We are in the process of pursuing a place to house our
holdings and activities, a hands-on lab. A lab equipped with
several computers and printer are imagined. In this place we want
to be able to incorporate special events such as a visiting
artist, historian, or gardener for special hands-on type
activities in which the local schools could sign up for times in
which demonstrations and related activities would be presented.
III. We have in the past made personal presentations to local
groups and classes when we’ve been requested to do so on specific
topics. We would like to create presentations that would be
helpful to your classes, both at school or in our lab. We also
hope that our website will serve as a resource for teachers and
students to find people, places, materials, or sites which will be
helpful in doing research. Since our group focuses on structures,
anything that has anything to do with structures, either one
standing or not, for example the courthouse or Anna Pottery; a
group of a particular type of structures: for example, Main Street
of one of the towns; or events that have a connection to a
structure would all apply such as the Trail of Tears, the Lincoln
Douglas Debate or some other lesser known event.
In conjunction with our presentations and information acquisitions
in other projects, we would like to produce or encourage the
production of CD-Roms with short presentations, photos, documents,
and other related materials for students/teachers to use in
research and for learning in the classroom or lab. We would
propose to have a hard copy set of reproducible items and
suggestions for a teacher as well.
IV. We are hopeful teachers will be able to communicate directly
on the site, perhaps a chat room, where easy exchange of good
teaching ideas could be shared.
P.A.S.T. Application Form (PDF)
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