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Shen Kong Junior High School (2005 CyberFair Project ID 3640)
Taiwan,
Taiwan,
Changhua
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 6. Historical Landmarks
We estimate 6 student(s) from 13 to 15 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: “Shen-Kong, Changhua” has been called since 1949. At the same year, the districts of this place were divided into fourteen villages. However, the elders of the old generation still called the old names of the villages instead of the new names. Therefore, the young people always didn’t understand what the elders talked about. Because of young people’s ignorance, the elders felt lazy to explain. Gradually, these old names of the villages were disappearing. The map now also doesn’t have these old names. This is the motivation for us to set up this website. According to the book, The Annals of Shen-Kong, we knew that there were people farming in the north of the Chuan-Tseng Village in 1734. So how many changes were there during the past 270 years? How were the old names of the villages named after? What happened in the beginning of the exploitation? How many legends were there in this land? After we explore the place and find out the answers, we will share with you.
Project Description: We were born here, yet we couldn’t feel it; we grew up here, yet we couldn’t follow the ancestor’s footprints. Therefore, we hope to establish a website to let the older generation of the land know that we, who are descendants, are trying to looking for their old memory and do our best to respect what they have done for the land. We also want to let the later generation understand the historical changes and the legends of the famous people, and the evolution of these villages from our website. We plan to start from the old and new names of the places. By means of the study of the materials and on-the-spot investigation, students can learn by doing and have deep impressions of their hometown. From the process of evaluation meeting, students can think about the purpose of the project. From the course of investigation, not only students will learn the skills of interview, but also villagers will know students’ efforts. Let the ancestors of the hometown go back to the past and sense the old sweet memory.