My Worthington Memories: Worthington Bicentennial School Projects

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Worthington Bicentennial School Projects


	This collection features the ways in which schools in the Worthington School District celebrated the 200th Birthday of Worthington and Ohio. Special Bicentennial projects were completed by students in the Worthington School District during the City's year-long celebration. Many of these projects were funded by the City of Worthington's Bicentennial Steering Committee through the Worthington Bicentennial Teachers' Grants, which provides teachers in the Worthington school district the opportunity to create a Bicentennial project that includes use of Worthington Memory, thus enhancing the curriculum.

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Contributor: Worthington Estates School

Worthington Estates School

The City of Worthington and State of Ohio Bicentennials were celebrated at Worthington Estates School in several ways. The entire student body and the staff of Worthington Estates School formed the United States flag to recall that Ohio was the 17th state to enter the union in 1803. This photograph taken on the school grounds during the fall of 2002 as the City of Worthington's Bicentennial Celebration began.

Contributor: Worthington Estates School


	The program "Songs from the Heart of It All" featuring songs, dances and information about Ohio was performed by 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders at Worthington Estates School.

Contributor: Worthington Estates School


	One of the ways in which Worthignton Estates School celebrated the bicentennial of the State of Ohio and the City of Worthington was the Heroes of Ohio presentation, recalling 23 Ohio heroes.

Contributor: Worthington Estates School


	Ohio author, Marica Schonberg visited Worthington Estates School during the 2002-2003 school year to share her book, "B is for Buckeye" with students. Young readers learn about Ohio history through each letter of the alphabet.

Contributor: Worthington Estates School


	Worthington Estates School children created bicentennial T-shirts as one of the activities undertaken in celebration of the City of Worthington's 200th birthday. The bicentennial was celebrated during the 2002-2003 school year.

Contributor: Worthington Estates School


	A buckeye tree was planted on the grounds of Worthington Estates School during the 2002-2003 school year in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the founding of Worthington and the statehood of Ohio. Dan Williams, Principal is pictured turning the shovel as students look on.

Contributor: Wilson Hill Elementary School

Wilson Hill Elementary School

Two Centuries of Growth and Change: The Worthington Community Buildings

Three classes of fifth graders at Wilson Hill Elementary School constructed the model depicted here for a Worthington Bicentennial project called "Two Centuries of Growth and Change: The Worthington Community Buildings". All of the fifth grade students worked in small groups of 3 to 5 and researched a particular building that once stood or still remains in Worthington. Students spent time every week for months to create miniature models of the buildings and then create the village, complete with working street cars that represent the interurban which once provided light rail transportation on Route 23. Students then wrote reports about each structure and compiled them into a book, including photographs of the model. Copies of the reports are available at school libraries.

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Contributor: Wilson Hill Elementary School

Wilson Hill fifth graders measured, calculated, glued, painted and wrote their way through the 2002-2003 school year as they recreated Worthington buildings as scale models. The construction project allowed students, with the help of staff and volunteers, to tie the fate of specific Worthington locales to many of the economic, social and political decisions students studied in existing pioneer, westward movement and Civil War units of study. Along the way, the fifth graders grappled with the mathematics of scale, researched events of significant impact to the entire community, dug into the history of the buildings, searched the Worthington Memory Web site for period photographs and other documentation, visited the buildings in their present-day condition, and created a visual timeline using the models. The final product will be used for years to come, not only by fifth graders, but third graders studying Worthington history as well.