Submissions for 1910 Book?
Christa Umphrey
I've talked to a couple people who are wondering how the progress is coming on the book. I don't know and haven't really talked to many of you since October, so I thought I'd ask. Does everyone (or anyone) have work ready to share?
The deadline we all decided on was April 1st to have the student essays posted on the Basecamp site. Then you all were to have a week to read each other's student essays (by April 7th) before getting a CD of all the final digital files in the mail to me by April 15.
The Basecamp login site is:
https://mthp.grouphub.com/login
I'm not really familiar with this site, but the best way to work on essays collaboratively seemed to be to post each one as a writeboard so we have a record of all the changes & comments and everyone can assess them online to read and comment. I created another project category called "Student Essays- 1910 Book." If you click on that category (on the right-hand column) then you should be able to create a writeboard for each essay. If someone has a better way to do this, please speak up.
Are we going to have enough materials to pull something together? Who has writing to include?
Dorothea Susag
Christa,
Simms has their essays revised and ready with biographies, but their Heritage Fair is Tuesday, April 1, and Jenny told me they would be ready to pull together photos, etc. right after that. However, I’m sure they won’t make the April 1 deadline.
Dottie
dbeck
Hi Christa,
Townsend report:
Progress for us is very slow. My essays are terrible this year—so bad in fact, that I wish I had never heard of 1910. Perhaps, I can ruffle through some old ones—we’ve revised—but I don’t think my students have delved deeply into the research this year…and they seem satisfied with mediocre. We are working on descriptions for photos.
We are trying—but I could certainly use a miracle.
Darlene Beck
English Dept.
Broadwater High School
201 N. Spruce Street
Townsend, MT 59644
Jeff Gruber
Libby won't be participating in this year's Expedition. It became evident after the Christmas Break that the essays were not coming together. I, like Darlene, hoped for a miracle, but didn't get one.
I did get a check from Townsend Schools for $1,000.
Best,
Jeff
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:35:35 -0600
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Subject: Submissions for 1910 Book?
Mary Sullivan
Sorry I've been so slow to respond, but we've been on Spring Break.
Apparently we're all having problems with 1910 - my students have not
become as excited about this era as they did the decades where they
went out and did oral interviews. We still are not ready, but I'm
hoping we carry through on this project because I told my students that
three essays would be published. Also, when my superintendent said he
would give money "in the spring," he thought it would be for the
publication of a book. One of my students came in this morning after
working on his essay over Spring Break, and he was so pleased because
he had cut it to 3,000 words. Oh, dear. Dottie was talking about this
same problem in Helena.
Also, Beth's students are working on a final set of three essays, but
she said they are not ready yet.
And...Nancy is in Italy visiting her daughter for the month of April,
but she said that she has three essays written last year (or earlier?)
than she will send to you when she gets back.
So...where are we are this project? Have you heard from Sarah?
Mary
sz...@greatfallscentral.org
Sorry to hear about the essay issues. I am struggling a bit, too, but we a
re
forging on. We were following a great influenza story--ended up appendicit
is
:( I should have the essays by Friday--I gave them until then to
revise. Once
we get a few essays posted, let's come up with a new timeline. I would sti
ll
like to get the book out--I think we have all made promises to our
communities.
On another note, the Montana Historical Society has been very excited to wo
rk
with Heritage again. They will be putting on a Summer Institute of sorts.
It
is partly their project and partly a chance for us to work with potential
Heritage teachers. Kirby Lambert is spearheading it and should get me some
more information soon. Some of you may have heard from him already. The
project is a county histories study. Many of the MT counties are approachi
ng
either a 100 or 150th anniversary and they would like researchers to pull s
ome
of that history together into community presentations. Since we are all
muddling through 1910's anyway--may not be too difficult to contribute
to. They would be covering the expenses.
Anyway, I'll let you know more when I get the information from Kirby.
Thanks for all you are doing to keep the project going. I know it is a
difficult time of year!!
Sarah