-Who are the significant figures who developed our communities?

-What interesting stories are there about our communities?

What resources are there available for people wanting to research local history?

How do we get community members interested in learning about local history?

What changes need to take place in order to preserve our past?

How do our local communities impact the global community?

Why do we need to remember/care about what happened in the past?

How can we preserve the past, while moving forward in the future?

What can we learn about the past to help us in the future?

How have our communities changed?

Have our communities changed for the better?

Why have our communities changed?

How important is the past to our future?

What are some ways you can preserve your family's history?

What can we do to preserve the past?

Interviews--John Hallwas (author of the Bootlegger)

Cemetery visits--pictures of graves, database of who is buried in the cemetery, record graves and pictures to website

Photo Tour (historypin.com)

The making of the bootlegger/photo tour of real places in Colchester

Camp Ellis tour/Colchester Grade School Gym

The Lincoln Museum/The Lincoln Library

Presentations to community groups

Timeline of community events (Tiki-Toki)

Journaling/Blogging about experience

Students can give walking tours around their communities explaining the history

Create an iMovie answering the essential questions--post to YouTube to make a global connection

McDonough County Historical Society

Church and family records

Family Search- free service

http://www.forgottonia.org/

Archives--Western Illinois University Library

http://www.welcometoforgotonia.com/

Macomb Ghost Tour

http://www.vishnusprings.org/

Library of Congress

Rubric

Socrative Quiz over the history presented to them