6. If you are able to visit the inside of the
building, describe it.
7. Are there other buildings in the area that
look like this one? What makes it similar or
different?
8. What man-made objects do you see
nearby? Look for things like buildings, roads and
train tracks.
9. What naturally occurring features do you
see nearby? Look for things like trees, hills and
water.
10. What do you think this area looked like in
the past?
11. What do you think the future of this
building is?
12. How would the loss of this building affect
the neighborhood and community?
how can we help preserve history in our
community?
There can be several reasons why some
communities have many historical sites and some
have only a few. Sometimes, due to progress,
historic buildings are torn down and newer
buildings are built in their place. Sometimes
communities don't have people who value the
past or that will work to preserve the sites.
Are there any historic sites or buildings in your
community that aren't on the list? Could you
discuss this with your teacher, perhaps make it a
class project and work with government officials
to make it happen? Certainly, you can! Recently,
students in Alma established historical markers
and preserved history events in their area. You
can do it too! All it takes is making the move
from caring about our past to caring for it.
Tom Wing is an assistant professor of history at
the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. He is the
director of the Drennen-Scott Historic Site and a
trustee of the Arkansas Historical Association. For
more than 30 years, he has written about, taught
and worked to preserve the history of Arkansas.
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This month's Bookworm Kids list is brought
to us by the Pea Ridge Community Library and
features books focused on Mother's Day, Asian-
Pacific American Heritage Month and some
librarian favorites!
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Is your mama a llama?
By Deborah Guarino; Illustrated by Steven
Kellogg
everything is mama
By Jimmy Fallon
love you forever
By Robert Munsch and Sheila McGraw
are you my mother?
By P.D Eastman
Does kangaroo have a mother, too?
By Eric Carl
saturday
By Oge Mora
eyes that kiss in corners
By Joanna Ho; Illustrated by Dung Ho
Drawn together
By Minh Le; Illustrated by Dan Santat
under my hijab
By Hena Khan; Illustrated by Aaliya Jaleel
a sari for ammi
By Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow; Illustrations by
Ebony Glenn
the proudest blue
By Ibtihaj Muhammad with S.K. Ali; Illustrations
by Hatem Aly
the kindest red
By Ibtihaj Muhammad with S.K. Ali; Illustrations
by Hatem Aly
there's a monster in
your book
By Tom Fletcher
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