• Club Website: sites.google.com/view/thehistoryclub

    Club Name: The History Club

    Club Mission: The History Club’s mission is to foster an engaging and beneficial social group for students interested in history and social studies. Our club will not only stimulate the study of history beyond the classroom, but also allow the students to participate in various history related opportunities throughout the school year.

    Club Goals & Objectives:

    • Increase student interest and engagement in history & social studies
    • Plan special history related events for students based on their interests
    • Offer opportunities for students to “do history” themselves and publish/submit their work online and in a tri-annual newsletter.
    • Allow a forum for students to share ideas, resources, and interest for history & social studies. 
    • Explore history, history skills, current events, social science, contemporary issues, and more.
    • Promote a richer and more engaged understanding of history & social studies
    • Demonstrate utility in history & social studies

    Membership:

    • 9-12th grade students that are interested in The History Club are eligible for membership. 
    • Members are required to sign up by completing a membership form.
    • Members are required to follow all club & school rules such as those laid out in the student handbook. 
    • Members must participate in at least 3/4s of club meetings to be able to attend events. 
    • Members must have passing grades and be in good standing with behavior in order to participate in events and activities. 
    • Official club attendance at meetings will be taken by the club secretary.
    • Violating club & school rules, poor grades, poor behavior, and/or poor attendance will merit an initial meeting to discuss removal. If issues continue, the member is subject to removal.

    Club Officers:

      • The officers include: President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer.
        • The President’s duties include: 
          • to lead the club and meetings, plan and organize club activities and events, appoint members and create groups to complete tasks, and perform other duties appropriate to the office determined by the advisor. 
        • The Vice-President’s duties include: 
          • to lead the club and meetings in the absence of the President, assume all Presidential duties when needed, become active in all events and activities, and perform other duties appropriate to the office determined by the advisor. 
        • The Secretary’s duties include: 
          • to keep an official club record of meetings, activities, and events. Notes will be shared with the advisor and other officers. In addition, the secretary shall perform other duties appropriate to the office determined by the advisor. 
    • The Treasurer’s duties include: 
    • to keep track of all funds, create financial records, share financial reports with the club advisors and officers, and help fundraise. 
    • Officers should be elected to serve for one school year. At our first meeting, we will have members interested apply to be nominated. At our second meeting, we will have our members vote on the nominees. 
    • If officers need to resign or be removed, the members will meet to select a new officer. 

    Meetings:

    • The club will meet on at least one Thursday per month from 2:32-4pm 
    • The club will meet in Mr. Grybos’s room, C-120
    • Students unable to meet face-to-face can request to meet virtually 
    • The dates, time, length, and location are all subject to change
      • For example: School Conflicts that force meetings to change such as a Holiday

    Potential Activities:

    The History Club is a “general history club”, meaning that there is something in it for everyone. Member interests will drive what exactly our activities and focus are. 

    • History Magazine: Fall Issue, Winter Issue, Spring Issue, Summer Issue (*TBD)
    • Nominate a History Student of the Year (Teachers select winner)
    • Movie Nights (with commentary)
      • Documentaries, historic movies, etc.
    • Field Trips
      • Visit Local College/Universities to sit in on History Classes and meet staff/students
      • Visit historic sites
    • Enter National History Day Contests
    • Create our own History Day Contest
    • Create & Organize our own history event
      • Ex: Club Virtual Tour showing history works
    • Create and publish work such as writings, videos, etc.
      • Club Social Media Page
      • Magazine
      • Various online sites
    • Create and maintain a club webpage
    • Trivia nights
    • Debates
    • Guest Speakers & Interviews with historians and other figures
    • Create a Shamokin History Series Online Resource
    • Contribute & Maintain a History Club bulletin board outside of the classroom
    • Plan community projects
    • Create community history resources to help develop social studies competencies 

    Event Conduct:

    • The advisor reserves the right to exclude members from meetings and events.
    • While attending meetings and events, members must conduct themselves in a respectful manner as they are a reflection of the Shamokin Area High School, their community, and the History Club. 
    • All school rules, and local/state/federal laws must be followed at all meetings and events.
    • If there are issues or disputes with membership, please see the club advisor immediately. 

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    The History Major Magazine: Club members will create and publish their own work into a tri-annual newsletter. 

    The History Major FB Page:

    Educational Facebook Page created by two of my History classmates at Misericordia University - Mr. Quinlan and Mr. Schaefer, and myself

    History Club members will also maintain and contribute to the page such as posting our newsletter publicly. 

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    Our goal is to create an engaging and beneficial forum for students (and anyone really) to share ideas, resources, and more. Our hope is to provoke academic conversation and to demonstrate the utility in Social Studies/Humanities to our HS students.

    About: The internet proves to be one of the most important inventions of modern history. It allows the world to instantly share endless information. One of the largest vehicles for this happens to be Facebook. For many teenagers, Facebook holds a monopoly on your time. Facebook claims to have around 2.5 billion users. For many, this social media and networking website is used for posting updates, thoughts, complaints, memes, photos of your meals, trolling, and even tik toks. Not many students understand how many useful pages, articles, and cutting edge information is being overlooked everyday because of Tiger King memes. Our belief is that Facebook could be used as an extraordinary resource, instead of a rapid scrolling superficial junk mobile. Thus, our goal (several History & Social Studies Teachers) was “to facilitate intellectual exchange between those interested in Social Studies and the Humanities, while also providing students a variety of resources to further their education.”. We welcome & encourage our students to share ideas/information. 

    http://facebook.com/Humanitiescooperative