Historic Places in Lawrence
	Instructions for a project in "Explorations in Photography" at
	West Junior High, Lawrence, Kansas

Brainstorm with the class what buildings around Lawrence are the oldest and most related to our city's history. Let's say 'old' means at least 100 years. Think about important events, important people, landmarks, Lawrence history, cornerstone dates, historic markers, national registry of historic places, etc. Eliminate the places that are already listed on the Historic Buildings Web page. Eliminate buildings on the Kansas University campus, because the University has its own history Web site.
List your first two choices here.

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Make the most of community resources:
West Junior High Media Center
· David Dary. Pictorial History of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. Allen Press. 1992
· David Dary. Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, An Informal History. Allen Press. 1982
· Nineteenth Century Houses in Lawrence, Kansas. University of Kansas Museum of Art. booklet
· Elfriede Fischer Rowe. Wonderful Old Lawrence. World Company. 1975.
· I.E. Quastler. Railroads of Lawrence, Kansas. Coronado Press. 1979.
· Goldie Piper Daniels. Rural Schools and Schoolhouses of Douglas County, Kansas. Telegraphics. 1976.
· Emory Frank Scott. One Hundred Years of Lawrence Theatres. House of Usher. 1979.

In Mrs. Farrar's library -
· Douglas County Historic Building Survey - A Photo Sampler, Douglas County Historical Society, 1977.
· Mark Kaplan & Jim McCrary. In Plain View, East Side Books. 1996
· Nyle H. Miller. Kansas-The 34th Star. Kansas State Historical Society. 1976
· Eudora Community Heritage of our USA Bicentennial. Eudora Becentennial Committee. 1976

Other excellent places to look:
· Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence collection is in the basement)
· Kansas Collection at Spencer Research Library, the University of Kansas
· West's online project "Community Connections" (http://history.lawrence.com then click on 'Topics' and choose 'Places'.
· Other Lawrence Web sites that include history. Visit the Local History section of (http://www.ci.lawrence.ks.us)

Take at least a page of notes to begin, and be sure to write down all information for a source citation. Follow the MLA guide of citing sources in handbook section of your agenda (page 32)
Sources: (minimum of 3, including page numbers.)

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Write your first draft on notebook paper with all the components below.

Have a peer read your paper and make suggestions. Make changes and improvements, then turn it in to the teacher. Follow the teachers suggestions for corrections, then you are ready to type up the report with all components below.

In your computer network account you must create a folder for this project. Name the folder with your first initial and last name written as one word. (Samantha Tubb's folder would be labeled 'stubb'. All work for this project must be saved in this folder, not anywhere else in the account or on the desktop.

Single space and save your paper as a Word.doc.

The final draft must follow this format.

1. Title
Center and capitalize the title, the name of the location. Under that, type your by-line. (by Your Name)

2. Text
Use a 12 pt. font and single space it. You should have at least 5 good paragraphs. Be sure to include specific dates and names in your description. (Did all of your sources agree on dates? Be sure you get them right.) Anyone reading the text should know "What, When, Where, Who, and perhaps Why" it is of interest. Make the first sentence an attention-getter.

3. Credits.
At the end of the text, list all sources of information (see page 32 in the handbook section of your student agenda.)
Author. Title. Publisher. Date. Page numbers.
__________________________________________________________________Make a line, then type:
This is a Photo 2 Project at West Junior High School, Lawrence, Kansas. Our instructor is (teacher's name).

4. Proof-reading. Due date: ___________________________
Do a spell-check. Proof read carefully for wording and style. Then ask a classmate to proofread for wording and style. After you have made changes and improvements, print the text and turn it in to receive the teacher's 'OK'.

Permission to Publish Signature form due date:________________

In order to publish student work on our Web site, parental permission must be documented. Use the form attached. Give the signed form to the Grant Project Coordinator or Webmaster when you provide them the student project files.

1. Take many (a whole roll of) pictures to capture the personality of this building. Try different viewpoints at different times of day, weather, or time of year (when possible. Match an angle of photographs you find of this building at an earlier time.
Include these types of views

· Overview - landscape, giving good image of surroundings
· Front - straight forward view, interesting angles & views
· Back - straight forward view, " " "
· Sides - straight forward view, " " "
· Details of style and character - roof supports, columns, porches, foundations, windows or shutters, corner stone, etc.
· Interesting angles
· Landscaping details

2. Proofsheet identification. Choose which shot to use for each type of picture listed above. Identify the shot by frame number and type. Mark which pictures (5-6 best) you will print.
Frame #

________ Overview - landscape, giving good image of surroundings

________ Front - straight forward view

________ Back - straight forward view,

________ Sides - straight forward view

________ Details of architectural style and character- roof supports, columns, porches, foundations, windows or shutters, corner stone, etc.

________ Interesting angles

________ Landscaping details

Print 4-6 of the best shots.

3. Write picture captions
Write a caption for each of the pictures you will be using. Each caption needs to be a complete sentence, identify the specific view and contain a good verb.

Use 4-6 excellent prints and scanner with computer. It is not absolutely necessary to scan all pictures at once, but is most efficient. There are three scanners available.

Follow these directions:
1. Log into your account on the computer connected to the scanner. In "My Computer" open the folder for this project that contains your MsWord document (historic.doc) In that folder create a new folder and label it 'images' (do not capitalize). You will save each scanned image in this folder. DO NOT SAVE any image directly to the hard drive of any computer.

2. Go to Start / Programs and open the scanner software called Vistascan. Follow directions on the scanner you are using.

3. Click on the little scanner with lightning bolt on the upper right next to the minimuze and close buttons. Click on Scan Destination then Browse to your 'H' drive account and 'images' folder that you created above. Format to save is called 'jpeg'. Choose 'Good" quality.

4. Open the scanner lid and place a photo face down on clean glass. (Polish it with a soft cloth or paper towel.) Choose ADVANCED mode in order to make adjustments.

· Press the 'Preview' button. Move the active frame lines to match the edges of your photo. Be sure there are no white edges showing.

· Go to the BW / Color icon. Be sure that B/W Photo is showing in the window.

· Go to dots per inch icon: 72 dpi is fine for Web site. 300 is more versatile.

· Go to Color Adjustment icon: improve brightness, contrast, highlight, shadow, midtones, or rotate the image so that it is upright. If you have a good print, these adjustments will not be necessary.

5. Click the scan button.

You should be able to use similar settings for all your pictures.
Log off and turn the scanner over to other students who need it.

Go to another computer and log into your account.

6. Open the Photo Editor program in Office 97. Open each scanned image to check /correct -

· Image Size: Use Pixels, not Inches to determine the size. 400 pixels is large, 300 is medium and anything under 100 is very small. Maximum width on a horizontal picture should be set at 400 pixels. Maximum height on a vertical is 400 pixels. Your images will not be used if they are saved too large.

· Color/Brightness: Experiment with Contrast/Brightness settings to get the best image before the final scan. You can always go to Edit/Undo if you do not like the appearance.

· Rename each image - one word written in lower case with .jpg on the end. Do not capitalize. Limit the name to one word or run words together. Be sure the .jpg extension remains on the file name.

Your project is complete when corrections have been made to the final report and all images are scanned and named and in the images folder. Get a clean floppy disk from the teacher, save a copy of the entire folder, containing the report document and the images folder on the disk and write your name on the disk label. Give the disk to your teacher, with the "permission to publish" form.

© 1999. This project was developed by Phyllis Farrar with the support of the "Schools for a new Millenium" grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which fostered the "Community Connections" Web site. Photo Explorations (Photo 2) at West Junior High is open to students who have passed Introduction to Photo (Photo 1). Most are 9th graders, but some 8th graders also enroll. Thanks to colleagues John Mohn, Jessica Pegues, and Karen Musacchio who have collaborated on this project and allowed the experiment to continue over a 3-year period..To see the student projects, go here.

This page last updated on February 10, 2004 by Phyllis Farrar.