Saturday, November 9, 2013

Holly Street Oral History Progress

After meeting with my group on Monday we decided to divided our group's project between the four of us. Since the family we were interviewing for the Holly Street Oral History has ran into some health problem regarding one of it's family members we are waiting patiently to interview another family member to continue our family history tree.

We decided to give the family a book with the following things included:
  1. a family tree
  2. photos of the families properties
  3. photos of the family
  4. a map of the neighborhood is the past
  5. a map of the neighborhood in the present
  6. a brief history of Holly St.
  7. a brief history of the family
  8. ways that this family has impacted their community
We are also doing a power point presentation to include the following: 
  • the definition of gentrification
  • the history of Holly St.
  • How Holly St. looked in the past
  • How Holly St. looks now
  • photos of homes in the past and now
  • photos of the newer homes
  • The property values in the past and now in the present
  • what Holly St. will look like in the future
  • methods to help the Holly St. community preserve the original state
  • presentation of the family book
Jessica and Alex will be in charge of the family book elements and the interviews. Kevin and I will be responsible for taking photos, gathering information, and the presentation.

5 comments:

  1. Sounds like a wonderful gift to the family and the community. Good luck with your project!

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  2. Im glad yall are continuing with this project no matter what. I think what yall have planned looks good so far. We ran into complications too with the school so kudos for not giving up hope.

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  3. I'm very excited to see how the book turns out! The family is going to appreciate it so much and it is beautiful to see how the timing worked out in a fact that they will get this gift soon after losing their loved one to remind them of how good the past has been instead of how hard the present might be. I think it will be such a blessing for them and so cool that you all get to be a part of that.

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  4. I really look forward in seeing your power-point and the book of the family.

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  5. You guys have thought of great ways to represent the family's history in that neighborhood. I really like that you guys will be including a comparison of the previous and present maps. Also, the broad overview look of the community, Holly Street, really puts the family's history and description into perspective. Great work!

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