Preservation+vs.+Progress


 * Project Title:** How to Save our History
 * Grade Level:** 9-12
 * Name:** Travis Fonville

Students will create a portfolio presentation on a local endangered historical site. They should learn as much as they can about a local site, investigate the dangers facing their site, and determine whether or not it is worth saving (and what can be done, specifically). They should put together a detailed presentation justifying their findings.
 * Project Idea**

They should also respond critically to the following questions
 * 1) How do we balance preservation and progress?
 * 2) Why should we preserve the past? What purpose does it serve?
 * 3) How does our past fit into our present? Our future?


 * Driving Question**

How can history be preserved in the face of modern development?

Any Competency Goal from the old Standard Course of Study (through the 2012-2013 School Year) For example: A study of the Civil War could include a study of the preservation of local Civil War sites WH1.3.5 – Evaluation the influence of the past on contemporary issues CE.C&G.4.4 – Analyze the obligations of citizens by determining when their personal desires, interests and involvement are subordinate to the good of the nation or state.
 * Content**

Student products may produce photographs, written essays and descriptions, maps, blueprints, interviews, 3D models, computer models and any other medium (such as posters) that communicates the findings of students.
 * Major Student Products**