Local History

Our topic for 11-1 is local history. This is a wonderful topic for us in Milledgeville, as we have a rich history here. Milledgeville is the former capitol of Georgia and there are living reminders here of Sherman's March to the Sea. You will be amazed what you will learn in your projects for this unit. We are fortunate to have Dr. Bob Wilson with us for a guest lecture. We'll be providing you with assignments to be completed for the following week. You will complete a pod cast on your assignment, explaining what you learned, providing insight into the history of Milledgeville, and also explaining your research methods and materials. These are due BEFORE the next class session (not weeks after!). Also, several students have not posted to the blog in weeks. You are required to do a weekly posting so let's get these done. The genealogy pod casts should be available to you by 11-1 on the genealogy channel. Download those and listen to them, as we'll discuss them the week of 11-8.

Genealogy

It's genealogy week! Tonight we will enjoy a guest lecture by Dr. Stephen Payne, who has joined our blog for the week. If you have any questions about your research, you may ask him or the rest of us on the blog. For your research assignment, trace back your family history five generations. For your pod cast, narrate this history, as well as the resources you used and problems you may have encountered. You may want to consider an enhanced pod cast, where you can hyperlink your discussion to appropriate web sites. If you want to do that, come talk to me about it and your pod cast will need to be completed early in the week. We will have Dr. Bob Wilson with us next week, and we may only get to enjoy the geneaology reports via pod cast. Please turn in your pod casts no later than Monday. For this assignment, timeliness is crucial.

Library Research

Next week, we begin our study of research materials available through the library. We'll be working through several exercises together. Let's discuss any questions you might have about the resources we study here on the blog.