The Captain
The Mace Project 1990-91 The Mace Project was conducted in the 1990-91 school year by students from the following classes at Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, Madera California: Bill Atwood’s history classes; Bill Coate’s history classes; Robin Dompeling’s history classes; Terri Dompeling’s English classes. Russel Perry Mace began his life of adventure at the age […]
From Slavery to the Twentieth Century
The McAlister Family 1989-1990 The McAlister Family Project was researched in the 1989-90 school year by students at Madera High School, Lorenzo Abeyta’s American Studies class. Ben McAlister’s father was a white plantation owner, and his mother was a black slave. When he was 25 years old, Ben met Miranda Gregory, a house slave on […]
The Stormy Days of 1836
The Texas Revolution Project 1989-90 The Texas Revolution project was conducted in the 1989-90 school year by students from the following schools: Berenda Elementary, Raul Lozano’s 8th grade history class (Madera, California); McAllister Junior High School, Bill McCormick’s 7th grade history class (Bay City, Texas); Somerset Junior High School, Ken Schmidt’s 8th grade history class […]
Shadows of the Past
The Preciado Project 1989-90 The Preciado Project was completed in the 1989-90 school year by students from Centro De Estudios Del Instituto Sonorense De Ingles, Profa. Lic. Sociologia Rosa Elena Rodriguez V. (Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico); James Monroe School, Bill Coate’s 6th-grade class (Madera, California); LaVina Elementary School, Lucretia McGugin’s 6th-grade class (Madera, California); Millview School, […]
The California Hundred
The California Hundred Project 1988-1989 “The California Hundred” project was conducted in the 1988-89 school year. The following schools participated: Berenda School, Raul Lozano’s 8th-grade class (Madera, California); Howard School, Ruth Fishkin’s 8th-grade class (Madera, California); LaVina School, Lucretia McGuggin’s 6th-grade class (Madera, California); Somerset Middle School, Ken Schmidt’s 8th-grade history class (Modesto, California); and […]
Shepherd’s Home
The Daulton Project 1988-89 The Daulton Project was conducted in the 1988-89 school year. Students from the following schools worked on the project: Central Elementary School, Betty Ham’s 6th-grade class (Hannibal Missouri); James Monroe Elementary School, Bill Coate’s 6th-grade class (Madera, California); Millview Elementary School, Oscar Dragon’s 6th-grade class and Carol Lawrence’s 6th-grade class (Madera, […]
Refuge
The Mordecai Project 1987-88 The Mordecai project was conducted in the 1987-88 school year. Students from the following schools worked on the project: James Monroe Elementary, Bill Coate’s 6th-grade class (Madera, California); Leland High School, Daryl Lewis’ history classes (Leland, Mississippi); Martin Middle School, Craig Matthew’s Tar Heel Junior Historians (Raleigh, North Carolina); Millview School, […]
The Gold Rush Diary of William P. Huff
The William P. Huff Project 1986-87 “The Gold Rush Diary of William P. Huff” was researched in the 1986-87 school year by students from the following schools: Berenda Elementary, Bill Coate’s 8th-grade history class (Madera, California); Greenfield Country Day School, John Hosmer’s sophomore history class (Tucson, Arizona); O. Henry Junior High School, Pat Henley’s 8th-grade […]
The Saga of Caney Creek
The Hardeman Project 1985-86 The Hardeman Project was conducted in the 1985-86 school year. by students in Bill Coate’s 6th-grade class at James Monroe School and JoAnn Bell’s 7th-grade class at Bay City Junior High School (Bay City, Texas) Sam and Sally Hardeman were distant cousins. Their parents came to Texas from Tennessee in 1836, […]
The Minturn Chronicles
The Minturn Project 1984-85 The Minturn Project was conducted in the 1984-85 school year by students in Bill Coate’s sixth-grade class at Howard School. Abby West Minturn lived most of her life with a dreamer. Born in Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1820, at the age of 23, she married Jonas Minturn. She followed her husband […]
