Purpose of Club: To promote interest in history and to encourage young people to be civic minded.Dues: $2 - This makes you a History Club member, but you must be active to go on any trips.
Activities: Our activities are varied depending on the interests of the club members. Members can choose to participate in all activities or just a few. Active members will take a trip during April or May during which they can celebrate their year-long commitment to the history club, and during which they can learn even more about history.
Requirements: To go on the history club trip, students must have paid their $2 and have done one of the following:
- Attend the reenactment of the Battle of Cabin Creek, take pictures (at least 1 picture must show you there), and discuss the reenactment with the history club. Date: Early Fall.
- Participate in mock trial competitions. This is something new that VHS will be doing this year. This may be done in conjunction with the new Sociology-criminology class. There is a workshop day in November that Mrs.Culp plans to attend to learn more about this. Date: Late Fall and then throughout the rest of the school year.
- Participate in the District History Day Competition. Mrs. Culp has the details and will help her American History classes with this project in class. Date: Work on projects needs to be done in Jan/Feb/March. District competition is March 30.
- Participate in the Oklahoma Heritage Week Competition. This requires you to write an essay or create a poster about the selected topic. Date: October.
- Participate in the JFK Profiles in Courage. You can win up to $6,500. You can submit your essay online.
Date: January 1st.
- Participate in the Idea of America Essay Contest (Juniors). Write 1500 words about a selected topic and you can win up to $5,000 and a trip to Washington DC. Date: April.
- Participate in at least one fund raising activity that History Club decides to do. We could sell something, work concession stand, etc. Dates will vary.
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