Nautrēnu upper secondary school students get 1 st place in international competition “history around us”
The Rēzekne municipality's Nautrēnu secondary school student Laura Melne with research “maps – the reflectors of the agrarian reform in Green Manor (1784-2011)” won the first place in the competition for international pupils creative and research work “history around us”. In this school year, the competition took place 10 times and its theme was “picture story …”. Laura, as an image, chose a map of the Parish of Green Manor, a map of 1784, as well as the 1927, 1935, 1953, 1967 and 1989 maps. He was a teacher Valentine Turlaya. She tells him that cards can also be a very valuable form of history, because they are based on their first masters and are able to visualize information.
The maps available to the driver on the village of Green Manor are very well reflected in several of the processes of Latvia and Latgale – the history of the mud, the exportation of the skins to the homes, the agrarian reform, the formation of the first colhoes, the development of local farms and the formation of farm farms today. Counselling for cartographic material was provided by the Senior expert of the Latvian Geospatial Information Agency on the development of geoinformation services in Andra Zubko – Melne.
“History around us” is an international competition for pupils' creative and research works. The competition in Latvia is organised by a history teacher association with Eustory international network (Eustory – History Network of Young Europeans). The aim of the competition is to promote students' interest in Latvia's history, as well as to develop critical thinking, source analysis skills and creative abilities.
The participants in the competition are classes 5-12. Works are evaluated in three groups: classes 5-7; classes 8-9 and classes 10-12. In total, 152 works were sent that year, with 189 pupils from all Latvian provinces. In the group of senior classes (classes 10-12), two First Places were awarded, including Nautrēnu secondary school students Laura Melne and Aizkraukles District School of Class 10 Elina Dīce.
On Saturday, May 21, the competition concluded with a solemn ceremony at the Riga Latvian Society. The competition Patron, President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers, congratulated the winners and their teachers and stressed: "it is not possible to run the country without knowing the history of Latvia. It is not possible to live in the country without knowing its history. History is a huge experience of life where every detail is a human life.
The winners of the 1 st - 3 rd place were awarded with money prizes and books with the signature of President Zatlers. The authors of the awards offered to participate in the youth summer academy in Germany and Brussels.
The theme of this competition was announced in 2011/2012 “away from home”, which is dedicated to the history of the Latvian diaspora. Be active and participate! Details of these www.vsb.lv
The information was prepared by
Nautrēnu High School Director Anita Zogota