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LivingMy TrekHistory Through Time: A Heritage Project
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Club Name______Signed by ______Certified Living History Instructor Member Record Book Acknowledgments The Living History 4-H Member Record Book was created by Debbie Endsley and Dean Freund . Both authors are nationally certified 4-H shooting sports instructors . The authors hope that other states join in this effort to breathe real life into our nation’s history and heritage . The authors wish to acknowledge the works that preceded this record book as they provided guidance in formatting this book . Contents Introduction ...... 1 General Project Guidelines ...... 2 Living History Through Time & Around the World ...... 3 Planning and Reporting Your 4-H Living History Activities Step 1: Meetings of Your 4-H Living History Club, 4-H Shooting Sports Club, or Other 4-H Club ...... 4 Step 2: Learning Experiences ...... 5 Step 3: Service Learning and Leadership ...... 6 The First Step of Your Journey: A Pilgrim’s Survey ...... 7 Examples of Living History Characters ...... 8 Creating Your Living History Character ...... 9
Writing Your Project Goals and Objectives ...... 10 2020 My Goals and Objectives for the Year ...... 11 Conducting Research: Building Your Foundation ...... 12 References: Books, Interviews, Videos, and Internet ...... 13 Understanding the “Woven Fabric” of Me, My Family, and My Persona ...... 14
Life Threads ...... 15 SUMMER Persona Worksheet: Creating My Character ...... 16–17 My Character: Getting Started ...... 18 My Character’s Clothing, Accouterments, and Tools Lists ...... 19 My Decade Timeline ...... 20–21 My Heritage Skills ...... 22 Living History Topic Report ...... 23 Living History Equipment and Inventory/Purchases… ...... 24 Examples of Gear and Equipment ...... 25 My Ohio Explorations ...... 26 Preparing for Your Living History Project Evaluation ...... 27 How Did You Do? A Self-Evaluation ...... 28 Copyright © 2011, 2003, The Ohio State University Ohio State University Extension embraces human diversity and is committed to ensuring that all research and related educational programs are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, military status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status . This statement is in accordance with United States Civil Rights Laws and the USDA . Keith L . Smith, Associate Vice President for Agricultural Administration; Associate Dean, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences; Director, Ohio State University Extension; and Gist Chair in Extension Education and Leadership . For Deaf and Hard of Hearing, please contact Ohio State University Extension using your preferred communication (e-mail, relay services, or video relay services) . Phone 1-800-750-0750 between 8 a m. . and 5 p .m . EST Monday through Friday . Inform the operator to dial 614-292-6181 . 3/15—400—P91958 Introduction
Living history is a time machine to the past. Your project may focus on any time period from the Egyptians to the Space Age. Your character may be based upon documented historical people from any continent. Members should be aware that primary documents and research are generally easier to find for American-based characters, events, and heritage skills. This 4-H member record book is intended to help 4-H living history members document their growth, development, and progress. Using these record-keeping tools to chart a progression of educational activities organized and conducted by one or more trained 4-H shooting sports instructors helps you to achieve the following goals of the 4-H shooting sports program: • To encourage participation in natural resources management and related natural science programs through living history, shooting, hunting, and related activities. • To enhance the development of self-concept, character, and personal growth through safe, educational, and socially acceptable involvement in living history and shooting activities. • To teach concepts that include sound decision-making skills, self-discipline, and concentration.
• To teach skills that allow members to research and develop a living history persona and the skills that character might have used 2020 in daily living. • To promote the highest standards of safety, sportsmanship, and ethical behavior. • To expose youth to the broad array of vocational and life-long avocational activities related to the shooting sports and living history. SUMMER • To strengthen families through participation in life-long recreational activities. • To complement and enhance the impact of existing safety, shooting, and hunter education programs using experiential educational methods and progressive development of skills and abilities. • To develop integrity, sportsmanship, cooperation, decision-making ability, and public speaking skills in youth through participation in structured, informal learning experiences, including demonstrations, visual presentations, tours, shooting events, community service activities, and exhibits.
A Living History project does not require shooting. Youth using firearms or bows as part of a portrayal should complete the shooting sports instruction designed to teach safe use of their equipment.
4-H Living History Member Record Book 1 General Project Guidelines
Work under the direct supervision of a certified 4-H living history instructor. • Attend and be active in meetings of your 4-H living history club, 4-H shooting sports club, or other 4-H club (page 4). • Plan to take part in at least two Learning Experiences (page 5). • Be involved in at least two Service Learning and Leadership activities (page 6). • Complete The First Step of Your Journey: A Pilgrim’s Survey (page 7). • Identify your living history goals and objectives for the year (pages 10–11). • Develop a historical persona based on the research you conduct (pages 12–22). • Complete a timeline about your historical character (pages 20–21). • Write a report on a living history-related topic of interest to you (page 23). • Record purchases of clothing, accessories, and raw materials used (page 24). • Evaluate how well you did in achieving your goals for the year (page 28). 2020 The Oregon Trail 1842-43
Th e The Old Northwest Mountainman Territory SUMMER 1830s "The Ohio Country" 1790s
The Land Rush 1854 Colonial The Gold Rush America 1848 D.Boone 1620 1770s
The U.S. Cavalry & the The Old Southwest Indian Wars Territory 1836 1780s The Texas Fight for Independence 1830s Spanish America 1565
2 4-H Living History Member Record Book Living History Through Time & Around the World
1. Leif Ericsson ca. 1000: discovered 6. Meriwether Lewis (with Clark); 10. Nelson Mandela: freedom fighter, Vineland (probably Nova Scotia). explorer: leader of the Corps of president of South Africa 1994–1999. 2. Gengis [Jenghis] Khan ca. 1162: Discovery, 1804–1806. 11. Pele: Brazilian soccer athlete, winner of Far East conqueror. 7. George Washington Carver ca. 1896: three World Cup titles, 1958–1970. 3. Joan of Arc ca. 1429: led French son of slaves, agricultural scientist, 12. Fred Hollows ca. 1973: Army against English forces. discovered 105 uses for the peanut. ophthalmologist to Australia’s 4. Leonardo da Vinci ca. 1452: artist, 8. Vital Brazil ca. 1897: Brazilian Aboriginal population. inventor, scientist. physician/scientist, discovered snake 13. Olivia Newton-John ca. 1970s–1990s: and spider serum. 5. Marco Polo ca. 1271: Venetian trader entertainer, United Nations Goodwill and explorer, traveled the Silk Road to 9. Mary Antisarlook ca. 1890: reindeer Ambassador. China. herder, educator, richest woman in Alaska. 2020 SUMMER
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4-H Living History Member Record Book 3 Planning and Reporting Your 4-H Living History Activities
Step 1: Meetings of Your 4-H Living History Club, 4-H Shooting Sports Club, or Other 4-H Club List below all meetings of your 4-H club that you attended. For each meeting, describe club business conducted (if any) and living history topics or lessons taught by your certified instructor. Add pages if necessary.
Date What business did the club conduct? What topics or lessons were taught?
3/10 (Example) Discussed Community Service Project Discussed early Ohio history; cooked a stew over campfire 2020 SUMMER
4 4-H Living History Member Record Book Step 2: Learning Experiences Take part in two or more of the following Learning Experiences. Plan your involvement in the chart provided (Report of Learning Experiences). At the beginning of the year, enter at least two choices in the Plan to Do column. As soon as you have completed an activity, record what you did and when. Learning Experiences may be added or changed at any time. Contact your county and state historical societies for a schedule of historical events and educational seminars that can help you discover more about your local history.
Sample Learning Experiences
Clinic Demonstration Exhibit Illustrated Talk Speech Tour Field Trip Competition Workshop Project Judging Historical Site Visit Radio/TV Camp Presentation Skillathon
Report of Learning Experiences 2020
Plan to Do What You Did Date
(example) Tour Visited a living history event at Fort Meigs 6/16 SUMMER
4-H Living History Member Record Book 5 Step 3: Service Learning and Leadership Plan to do at least two of the following Service Learning and Leadership Activities. Place an “X” in the box beside the activities you plan to do, or list an activity of your own design in the space provided. Record the date when you complete each chosen activity.
Plan to Do Activity Date Completed
❏ Serve as a junior leader in your club ❏ Serve as an officer in your club
❏ Work as part of an awareness team to recruit new members to your club
❏ Help organize a community service project 2020 for your club or clean up litter at a local historical site or an old cemetery
❏ Organize a field trip or a visit by a guest speaker for your club SUMMER
❏ Volunteer to help at a living history site or event
❏ Arrange for a living history event or activity for your club or community
❏ Help with a display or presentation on living history at a mall show, county fair, field day, historical parade, or similar event in your community
❏ Other:
6 4-H Living History Member Record Book The First Step of Your Journey: A Pilgrim’s Survey © Debra J. Endsley, May 2001
The goal of this exercise is to allow you to find a Name a future career or job you would enjoy. connection between the present you and the period character/persona you are building. As you learn about the character and the world of that time, you are, in a sense, What are your current hobbies? a pilgrim, a person on a journey to a new land. What appeals to you about living history?
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If you had no limitations (time, cost, opinions of others, Name a historical figure(s) you admire. Why? talents, and skills), which historical characters would you portray? (Name at least two.) 2020 What historical time period interests you? Why?
What appeals to you about these characters? SUMMER Do you know the professions of your ancestors? Yes No If Yes, list them. How or where can you learn more about these characters? How: Did your ancestors serve in the military or provide patriotic service? Yes No If Yes, how did they serve? Where:
Do you know of any family Bibles, diaries, or journals? Congratulations! Yes No You have started developing your persona! Who is in possession of these resources? Keep exploring and discovering. Enjoy the journey! 4-H Living History Member Record Book 7 Examples of Living History Characters
There are thousands of men and women from history to inspire you. Here are some idea starters to think about as you consider a historical character to develop. Explorers/Adventurers Astronauts Photographers Naturalists Farmers/Agriculturalists Animal trainers
Inventors 2020 Soldiers Camp followers Ambulance drivers
Doctors/Nurses/Surgeons SUMMER Scientists Chefs/Food inventors Educators Political leaders Zoologist/Biologist Craftsman Entertainers Painters/Sculptors Businessmen/Businesswomen Horse trainer Engineers/Construction workers Astronomers
8 4-H Living History Member Record Book Creating Your Living History Character
Developing your living history character requires three components: a persona, clothing and accouterments, and a heritage skill. Your persona is your character’s life story. Your life story usually focuses on Persona a time span of ten years or less. In order to be believable, it’s important that the character you choose to portray is close to your own age. For ways to speak about a character who is a different age or gender than you are, see the section below called Ideas for Youth Portrayals of Living History Characters. Clothing and Your clothing needs to be appropriate for the character’s time period, economic Accouterments Time station, and daily role. Common folk did not dress as elaborately as wealthier Period people, and they had less access to current fashions. Accouterments, or “stuff,” are the tools, accessories, and everyday things your character would have used. Your heritage skills can be any type of work, hand craft, entertainment, or other activities your character might have performed. Learning and demonstrating period Heritage skills is a hands-on way to connect with your audience and capture their interest. 2020 Skills Although the pie chart to the left shows these three components as equal parts, you may design your project with the components in different proportions. Your © John Dean Freund, March 2008 certified living history instructor can help you decide the right combination. SUMMER
Ideas for Youth Portrayals of Living History Characters Portraying a character close to your own age is easier and more believable. If the character you have in mind is older or another gender, you can make a convincing project by portraying a youth connected to that character. For example, instead of trying to portray a Civil War general, you can portray the general’s young field attendent. Here are some other youth portrayal ideas.
Son or daughter of Grandson or granddaughter of Best friend of Best friend of ’s children/grandchildren Co-worker of Neighbor of Entertainer Servant or apprentice to musician, singer, dancer, juggler, etc.
4-H Living History Member Record Book 9 Writing Your Project Goals and Objectives
Goals and objectives provide guidelines for accomplishing new tasks. Goals help GOAL ACHIEVED you focus on and define the task to finish. Objectives are individual steps used to complete your goals. Goals and objectives should be written at the start of your project. Objective 3 A goal is a statement of what you want to learn or a task to complete. A goal needs to be specific and realistic. Beware of writing a goal so broadly that it becomes a chore to complete. Several smaller goals will serve you better and will keep the fun in your project. Objective 2 The goal Learn about farming is too broad. Learn about family life on a farm in my county from 1800 to 1810 is a better goal because it has guidelines—farm life, my county, 1800–1810—that will keep you focused. Objective 1 An objective is a statement that tells one action you will do while working towards your goal. Objectives are best when written with action verbs and a few details. GOAL PLANNED Objective 1: Read at least three books or articles about farm life, including at least one primary source if possible (journal, diary, newspaper report, etc.). Objective 2: Visit a museum or attend a living history program related to farm life in the
early 1800s. Take photos and write captions explaining the photos. 2020 Objective 3: Write a story or give a presentation to others about what my daily life would be like on a farm in the early 1800s. Objectives can be measured. You can list the books that you read. You can
document your museum visit or living history event with photos or by writing a story. SUMMER A goal is a statement You can share what you have learned with others in your 4-H club. of what you want to Write a rough draft of your goals and objectives. Ask an adult to review the goals and learn or a task objectives with you. Discuss whether the goals and objectives as written are reasonable to complete. for your age and experience level. Older members may have goals and objectives that are more involved than younger members. You may wish to adjust your goals before writing the final draft in your project book. If you make good progress on the three goals written on page 11, you have the option An objective is a to develop additional goals and objectives as you work on your project. If you choose to statement that tells do this, write your additional goals and objectives on another piece of paper and staple one action you will do them on top of the first ones. Remember that evaluators are more impressed with the while working towards quality of work rather than with the quantity. your goal. Before your project evaluation, use the chart on page 28 to evaluate how well you followed your objectives to achieve your goals. Reviewing your goals and objectives is an important part of your final project evaluation.
10 4-H Living History Member Record Book My Goals and Objectives for the Year
The goals and objectives that you write below provide the guidelines for conducting your living history project. Review page 9, Creating Your Living History Character, including your persona, clothing and accouterments, and heritage skills. Review page 10 on Writing Your Project Goals and Objectives before writing your rough draft. Look through the entire member record book before completing this page. Discuss a draft of your goals and objectives with your certified living history instructor before filling out this page.
Goal 1: Objective 1: Objective 2: Objective 3: 2020
Goal 2: Objective 1: SUMMER Objective 2: Objective 3:
Goal 3: Objective 1: Objective 2: Objective 3:
4-H Living History Member Record Book 11 Conducting accurate research is books not only outside your county, but Conducting essential to understanding the time outside your state as well. An excellent Research: period and to creating the persona source of help may be your state you wish to portray. Approach your historical society library. You will find research with a “clean slate”; beware people there who can help you connect Building Your Foundation of contaminating your efforts with quickly to the documents that will help stereotypes you may already be carrying you the most. around in your head. Use the Pilgrim’s You will need to develop a system Survey on page 7 to help you focus to keep track of notes and references. 1 on your interests. Are you interested A three-ring binder can work to start. in several time periods or historical It allows you to keep all notes you Primary sources—original persons or historical trades? You will copy in one place. Whenever you copy documents written by a person who need to do some exploratory reading to notes by hand or make photocopies, actually lived through the event. narrow your focus. Are you researching be sure to include the source of your a topic with which you are rather notes. Include all the information you unfamiliar? Start in the children’s would need in a bibliography. Decide
department of the local library with at the start whether you are going to 2020 2 a children’s encyclopedia article or a copy notes exactly as they appear in juvenile book. If you need to review the source, or translate them to your Secondary sources—accounts a variety of time periods or persons written by someone who wasn’t own words at the time you copy them. quickly, these sources usually give you Either way works. Just be consistent. there; a non-participant who only a good overview in easily understood SUMMER heard about the event. One advantage of copying information language that you can read in a short verbatim (exactly as printed), is period of time. that later as your knowledge grows, When you have narrowed your you might go back to the original interest area to a specific time period, transcription and decide it means 3 person, or trade, then the “treasure something different than what you Tertiary sources—books and hunt” really begins. First you must originally thought. magazine articles that present search out primary sources. If you are Finding “gold nuggets” of a historical overview and having trouble finding primary sources, information that really give your interpretation of the facts. They ask the reference librarian to help you. historical character personality can be may be written hundreds of years Today’s library computer systems give thrilling. Learning how your character after the event. These are still you access to books in thousands of influenced history, whether in minor useful resources, but are subject to libraries across the country. Fortunately, or major ways, can be fascinating. the author’s interpretation. most libraries have generous loan programs that allow you to borrow Enjoy your treasure hunt!
12 4-H Living History Member Record Book References: Books, Interviews, Videos, and Internet
Information about your chosen time period and for your persona development may come from many sources. These might include paintings, books, interviews, pictures/slides, videos, and the Internet. Do not fall into the “convenience trap.” Information from the Internet and videos is easy to get. Remember that journals and books should be your primary source of the information you are gathering to document the authenticity of your persona.
Example: Schlissel, Lillian. Women’s Diaries of the Example: Baker, Mark. Pioneering: The Long Hunter Series, Books Westward Journey. New York: Schocken Books, 1992. Videos Volume 1. VHS. Bowling Green, KY: American Pioneer Video, 1994. 2020 SUMMER
Example: Jones, James A. Staff Sergeant, 5043rd Engineers Boat & Shore Regiment, Third Engineers Example: Colonial Williamsburg. http://www.history.org Interviews Amphibious Brigade, U.S. Army, Pacific Theater. On the Internet occasion of his 83rd birthday, June 21, 2006.
4-H Living History Member Record Book 13 ME: Name, Date of birth, Age, Town Understanding where I was born, Born at home or in a hospital.
SCHOOL: Grade level, Length of school day, Favorite subject. Things I excel at. woventhe fabric WORK AS AN ADULT: Right now I think I would like to make my living as a … of me, my family, RESPONSIBILITIES: Chores, Pets, Allowance, Service to others.
FAVORITE THINGS: Food, Book, Indoor game, and
Me and My Persona Me Persona My and Me Outdoor game. my persona
FREE TIME: Things I like to do.
Now and Then 2020 You know you the best. Start with the “now” you. Who and what you are now provides you with the basics to invent or create the persona of your choice. This weaving is a simplified framework of how SUMMER you might think of you, your family, family life, and events in your life. Each part of the weaving is like a single thread in your life. Use this illustration and the information on the following page to identify your “life threads.” Fill out the list on the following page. Then use the information and the Persona Worksheet to create your character. Finally, write two or three short, descriptive paragraphs. These paragraphs are the core of your story line, which is your oral history. Be sure to keep reading and adding to the core
as needed. Think of this as another important step FATHER: Occupation, Age, Name, day. work Length dad’s of MOTHER: Occupation, Age, Name, day. work Length mom’s of Sisters, SIBLINGS: Brothers, Ages. many?, How day? each eat you do often How FOOD: Who the eat? cooking? does What you do house? inSHELTER: your rooms many How clothing do CLOTHING: of changes many How have? you travel TRANSPORTATION: you do How trips? trips? long short On on TRAVEL: family has Where your traveled? far? How ILLNESSES:COMMON What are they? they cause? do What problems EXTENDED they live? do Where FAMILY: often? them see you Do on your pilgrim journey. My Family and My Persona Family Life 14 4-H Living History Member Record Book © John Dean Freund, 2003 Instructions: First—You know you best. You probably haven’t met your persona yet. On the lines provided to the left, fill in the Life Threads information. Later you will do the same when you create your persona. Then compare. Is there a difference in your twenty- first century lifestyle and the lifestyle of your persona? Now: 2 0 ______Life Threads Then: ______(Me) (Persona) Name Age Date of birth Place of birth School attended Hours of school each day Months of school each year How I get to school 2020 My jobs around the house How I spend my free time Allowance? My dad’s name SUMMER My mom’s name What is the length of dad’s work day? What is the length of mom’s work day? How many brothers and sisters? How many rooms in my house? Clothing (How many pieces of clothing?) Common illnesses How I travel (Transportation) What is the farthest I have traveled? Where do your grandpas and grandmas live? 4-H Living History Member Record Book 15 Persona Worksheet: Creating My Character
Your name: Background: Character’s History Name of character: Childhood memories: Birthdate: Birthplace: Occupation: Nationality: Education/Apprenticeship: Age: Social position: Where does character live? (city/village/country):
What are the emotional and psychological influences of your 2020 childhood on your present life? Background: Family History Father (name/occupation/location): SUMMER
Mother (name/occupation/location): What habits or traits do you have because of these influences?
Birth (location/date/circumstances):
Married to: Brothers/Sisters: Place: Date: Children’s names, birthdates, birthplaces:
16 4-H Living History Member Record Book What life experiences has your character had? Describe your character in terms of personality, feelings, beliefs, attitudes, values, and relations with others:
What major events has the character experienced?
Character’s Present Situation Physical condition: 2020
How did your character come to live where he/she does? SUMMER
How did your character travel to the site? References:
What is your character’s relationship with others at the site?
What activities or skills will you perform or demonstrate while in character?
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4-H Living History Member Record Book 17 My Character: Getting Started
You should always document your character. Use this space to sketch or paste a photograph of your character. List your sources of information. 2020 SUMMER
Sources:
18 4-H Living History Member Record Book My Character’s Clothing, Accouterments, and Tools Lists
You have completed the Pilgrim’s Survey on page 7 and some basic research. You have explored some of your interests regarding historical figures and time periods. You now have in place the basic foundation upon which to build the specifics of the character you wish to portray. Now it is time to consider the look! Was she the privileged daughter of a wealthy planter? Or the wife of a dirt-poor pioneer on the frontier? Was he an educated, hardworking, young, professional man with unlimited potential, living in a growing city? Was he a frontiersman, illiterate but skilled in the great woods? Was he a soldier? Was she a soldier? Or a native man or woman or teen facing the extinction of a lifestyle? Was she a flapper from the Roaring Twenties? Was he a farm lad who lied about his age to enlist in the armed forces in the Great War (World War I)? Did he or she spend cold winter nights looking up into the dark skies filled with twinkling stars dreaming of becoming an astronaut? Can you picture these people in your mind? Can you picture your character in your mind? Now it’s time to bring the descriptions, sketches, and photographs of your chosen character together. In your head and heart you know the part. Now it is time to look the part. In other words … how was your character clothed? What personal gear did your character carry? Complete the My Character and My Time Period lines below. Now, make two lists: one of clothing needs and another of personal gear, the accouterments and tools your character uses in everyday life and work. 2020
My Character: My Time Period: SUMMER
Clothing: Accouterments and Tools:
4-H Living History Member Record Book 19 My Decade Timeline Optional for first year participants
Personal one year
Family
Town one year 2020 SUMMER
State National one year World
Choose no more than a ten-year period in your character’s life and chart events that happened during that time on the lines above.
20 4-H Living History Member Record Book ______was born in ______at ______and died in ______at ______. character’s name year place year place
Personal
Family
Town 2020 SUMMER
State National World
A timeline helps you identify important events in your character’s life. When pieced together, these events make up the story line you will use during portrayals.
4-H Living History Member Record Book 21 My Heritage Skills Place pictures or drawings of your heritage tools below, or Place a picture of you actually doing your heritage skill in write a description of your heritage skill. the space below. 2020 SUMMER
22 4-H Living History Member Record Book Living History Topic Report
Select a living history-related topic to learn more about. Examples: background about your persona’s profession, or an accessory or tool you will use. Summarize something you have read OR a skill you have learned OR an event you have attended. Use this page to record what you learned. Use your own words. Add more pages if necessary. Use more than one source of information. Be sure to list the sources of your information. Note: downloaded articles from the Internet should go into your reference notebook. 2020 SUMMER
4-H Living History Member Record Book 23 Living History Equipment and Inventory/Purchases
Record any purchases you make this year to support your 4-H living history project. List purchases of clothing and accessories, as well as expendable items such as food or other raw materials. List any books, videos, or other reference materials bought.
Date of Date Sold Description of Item Cost Source Purchase or Traded 2020 SUMMER
24 4-H Living History Member Record Book Examples of Gear and Equipment 2020 Chatelaine holder for sewing equipment Drinking cup; made of cow or ox horn SUMMER
Drop spindle; used to “twist” raw wool into yarn
Goat skin bag
Argus C3 35 mm film camera
4-H Living History Member Record Book 25 My Ohio Explorations… Call before you visit. 1-800-686-6124
The Ohio Historical Society (1-800-686-6124) is a rich resource for Ohio historical treasures. In addition to its main location near the Ohio State Fairgrounds and the adjacent Ohio Village, it maintains many sites throughout the state. Another source of information is the Ohio Department of Tourism—call 1-800-BUCKEYE (282-5393).
Does the name of your state come from another
• Glacial Grooves language or culture? If yes, what does the name of your • Inscription Rock state mean in that language/culture? • Fallen Timbers • Shaker Historical ★ Fort Meigs Museum ★ Hayes Presidential Center
• Youngstown Historical • Tallmadge Center of Industry and Church Labor List three historical sites of interest to you. Call your • Indian Mill • Museum of • Zoar Village Ceramics state’s historical society or visitor’s bureau. Ask them
• Fort Amanda • Fort Laurens for information about the places you would like to visit. • McCooke House • Neil Armstrong Air & • Harding Home • Schoenbrunn Village Place a check mark next to the site you have chosen to Space Museum • Harding Memorial 2020 • Fort Recovery • Custer Monument visit.
• Quaker Meeting • Lockington Locks House • Piqua Historical Area • Flint Ridge • Hanby • Newark Earthworks • Fort Jefferson ★ Cedar Bog House ★ Ohio Historical Society • National Road/Zane Gray & Ohio Village Museum • Schrum Mound • Ohio Ceramic Center SUMMER Dunbar House • • Wakeena ★ National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center Big Bottom • Based on your research, list the name of the site you ★ Campus Martius Museum • Ohio River Museum have chosen to visit. Make a visit to your chosen site. Glendower • ★ • Adena Fort Ancient • Story Mound • Seip Mound • Leo Petroglyphs • Harrison Tomb
Map source: ODNR Division of Geological Survey • Fort Hill • Stowe House McCook Monument • Briefly describe your visit. • Serpent Mound • Buckeye Furnace • Buffington Island
Grant Birthplace • • Davis Memorial • Our House • Grant Schoolhouse • John Rankin House
The history of Ohio was lived one day at a time, one life at a time. Most Ohioans were not famous or well known. These common folk have a place in Ohio history too. The Ohio Historical Society carefully stores many of these priceless pieces of Ohio history. You may also find valuable information at local historical societies in your county, township, and town or city.
26 4-H Living History Member Record Book Preparing for Your Living History Project Evaluation
Project interviews allow you to tell an interested adult the highlights of your project and the most important lessons you’ve learned. Only work done in the current 4-H year will be considered. Although the interview judge would like to hear all the details of your project, time restrictions limit the discussion to just the highlights. You will do a better job in your interview if you think ahead of time about the most important things you want to communicate. Practice interviewing with an adult or older teen leader before judging day. Checklist: ❏ The instructor supervising my project is certified to teach the living history discipline. ❏ My certified living history instructor has signed the front cover of my project book. ❏ My certified living history instructor or my club advisor has written comments on page 28. ❏ I have completed all project pages to the best of my ability, including the self-evaluation on page 28. ❏ I have reviewed county or state judging guidelines to make sure I comply with all rules.
Preparing for your project interview: 2020 • Review your goals and objectives. Explain briefly how you accomplished each goal. • If you choose to give a first person presentation, keep it to 3–4 minutes. Give an introduction OR pick a “day in the life of” OR focus on one interesting event that occurred in your character’s life. • Assemble your period clothing to wear if that is one of your project goals or choose appropriate
clothing for your character. SUMMER • Decide on a few meaningful accouterments or tools to bring. • If you make a poster, focus on one or two topics. Make it original. Make it colorful. Can it be read from six feet away? • Think about the life skills you have learned or improved by completing your living history project. • Remember, the judge is most interested in you and the quality of your project, not the quantity of things you’ve brought. During your project interview: H Make eye contact. Speak clearly and loud enough for the judge to hear you. Be enthusiastic! H Time is limited. Make answers and explanations to the point; don’t ramble. Don’t bluff; admit if you don’t know an answer. H Following a first-person presentation, break character when the judge asks questions about how you conducted your project. H Be flexible; don’t monopolize the time. Allow the judge to ask questions.
4-H Living History Member Record Book 27 How Did You Do? A Self-Evaluation
3Take a look back at the goals and objectives you listed at the beginning of the year. How did you do? List the goals below, then for each goal, use a scale of 5 to 1 to rate how you feel you did on that goal. Give yourself a 5 if you think you did excellent. A rating of 4 would mean you did very well. A 3 means OK. Give yourself a 2 if you think you did not do so well. A 1 means you feel you did very poorly on that goal. Also, give a short explanation of why you think you deserve the rating you gave yourself. Complete this self-evaluation before taking part in your county project evaluation.
Rating Scale 5 4 3 2 1 Excellent Very Well OK Not So Well Very Poorly
Goal 1: Goal 2: Goal 3: 2020 Rating: Rating: Rating: Explanation: Explanation: Explanation: SUMMER
Your certified living history instructor may want to review your efforts and make comments below:
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