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Background

For the 2004-2007 grant, each of the forty-five participating Lane County teachers worked in a group to develop a product suitable for classroom use or for educational use in a community history education organization.

Products

Crow-Applegate-Lorane History

  • Type: Videotaped oral histories
  • Features: Extensive histories on local residents including Grace Biggs, the Jenkins Family, and the McNutt Family.
  • Teacher Participants: Jacquelyn Smith
  • Community Partners: Crow-Applegate-Lorane and Eugene residents

Eugene Japanese American Art MemorialEugene Japanese American Art Memorial

  • Type: Website, oral histories
  • Features: Extensive pictures and background information about the Downtown Eugene memorial that commemorates Japanese American internees. Includes video interviews with several local individuals.
  • Teacher Participants: Brian Gulka, Shane Mast
  • Community Partners: Eugene Japanese American Art Memorial Committee
Historic Eugene

Historic Eugene: Voices and Places

  • Type: Oral histories, website
  • Features: A celebration of the multicultural pioneers of the Lane County region, featuring oral histories, videos and a map of historic landmarks.
  • Teacher Participants: Crystal Barnes, Pam Huling, Lynne Lockhart, Shirley Madathil, Karen Olson
  • Community Partners: Doug Card, Nancy Gowins, Mark Harris, Willie Mims
Historic Florence

Historic Florence (1.5MB PDF)

  • Type: Printed walking tour brochure
  • Features: Self-guided tour of historic buildings and scenes in the popular Oregon Coast town.
  • Teacher Participants: Marsha Klosterman, Julie Rassmann
  • Community Partners: City of Florence, Siuslaw Middle School
A History of the Mohawk Valley

A History of the Mohawk Valley

  • Type: Website
  • Features: Information covering all aspects of the Mohawk Valley in Oregon, including oral histories, videos, photographs and newspaper articles.
  • Teacher Participants: Anne Clairmont, Gina Clark
  • Community Partners: Marcola, Oregon community members
Masterson Historic Cabin

The Masterson Historic Cabin

  • Type: Living history exhibit with supporting website
  • Features: Information about the pioneer cabin exhibit located at the Dorris Ranch Living History Farm. Includes construction photos, videos and teaching resources.
  • Teacher Participants: Patty Sage, John Lovdokken, Marian French, Randy Gill, Heather Klym, Mary Larsen, Janet Nelson, Carrie Poole, Helen Quade, Georgann Squire, Audrey Stepp, Marsha Sundquist
  • Community Partners: Dorris Ranch Living History Farm
Traveling Children's Heritage Museum

Traveling Children's Heritage Museum

  • Type: Hands-on history museum with supporting website
  • Features: Model covered wagon and canvas lodging tent, historical artifacts and realia, oral histories, photos, print material from the late 1800s, instructional activity boxes. In addition, modern technology in the form of cameras, computers, scanners, printers, GPS devices, and a metal detector for the implementation of many lessons and activities.
  • Teacher Participants: Connie Eastburn, Vern Eastburn, Tom Lindskog, Brenda Moyer, Jeremi Reed, Tony Wynn, Marilyn Rhinevault

A Walk Through TimeA Walk Through Time: Junction City Historical Walking Tour

  • Type: Printed walking tour brochure and companion audio guide
  • Features: Self-guided tour with 20 stops located throughout downtown Junction City.
  • Teacher Participants: Mary Jo Huisman, Linda Lund, Michelle Marshall
  • Community Partners: Junction City Historical Society: Kitty and Carl Goodin, Linda VanOrden, Jamie Hooper

 

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