[MassHistPres] Get High School Students thinking about historic preservation

[Steinitz, Michael @ SEC]

Subject: Get High School Students thinking about historic preservation

Consider forwarding this information to your local high school contacts:
 
Every year, the American Planning Association (APA) invites high school
students to write about the critical planning issues facing their
communities. This year is the 100th year of the American planning
movement. To help celebrate this landmark, students are being asked to
develop an historic preservation plan for their community.   Awards
include two $5000 scholarships and ten $100 gift certificates to APA's
PlanningBooks.com.  The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2009.

This year's essay assignment asks students to: "...explore your
community's history and develop an historic preservation plan to
preserve the most significant historic areas, buildings, elements, and
features of your community. Select one of the three options below to
focus your ideas. 

Option One: If your community is more than 100 years old, consider how
to bring preservation planning efforts up-to-date in your essay. For
example, consider whether and how old buildings or neighborhoods
contribute to sustainability.*
 
Option Two: If your community was built after 1945, consider how to
preserve the recent past. Consider how a preservation plan should deal
with more modern buildings and features. 
 
Option Three: If your community has a significant historic plan (such as
a City Beautiful* plan) that is more than 75 years old, consider what
elements of that plan are still relevant and worth preserving. Give
special consideration to how the plan may promote sustainability. "
 
Go to http://www.planning.org/essay/index.htm for more information.

Michael Steinitz
Director
Preservation Planning Division
Massachusetts Historical Commission
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02144
617-727-8470
617-727-5128 (fax)
michael.steinitz at state.ma.us