Full Text of HR1133 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the students of Prairie | 4 | | Central High School for their cemetery mapping project; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Prairie Central High School Geography teacher | 6 | | Andrew Quain began the cemetery mapping project in the Fall of | 7 | | 2015; it was important to him to not only meet classroom | 8 | | education standards, but also participate in a project that had | 9 | | lasting power, something that his "students could work on and | 10 | | see the results" since geography is "all about collecting and | 11 | | using the data"; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The biggest recent addition to the project has | 13 | | been the use of GPS devices, which digitally plot the location | 14 | | of the gravestones; although it requires the students to spend | 15 | | a little bit more time at the cemetery, the devices have | 16 | | improved the speed and accuracy of the map-making process; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Students also perform geographic analysis and | 18 | | research individuals buried in the cemetery; a majority of the | 19 | | biographical information requires students to study the | 20 | | gravestones and take notes; additional information, including | 21 | | the date of birth, the date of death, military service where | 22 | | applicable, and any damage to the gravestone, is also |
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| 1 | | collected; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Once students are finished collecting their data, | 3 | | the information is uploaded to create an interactive map | 4 | | online; when the map is complete, users will be able to search | 5 | | for the location and information of the graves in the cemetery; | 6 | | the map will be added to the cemetery project webpage on the | 7 | | Prairie Central website, and the geographic analysis will be | 8 | | stored in the school's library and made available upon request; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Currently, the geography students are mapping | 11 | | approximately 3,300 graves in Chenoa Cemetery, which they began | 12 | | at the end of April 2018; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, To date, students have completely mapped seven | 14 | | cemeteries across McLean and Livingston Counties, including | 15 | | St. John Catholic Cemetery, Graceland Cemetery, | 16 | | Chatsworth-Charlotte Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery, Cropsey | 17 | | Cemetery, Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, and South Apostolic | 18 | | Christian Cemetery; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 | | recognize the students of Prairie Central High School for | 22 | | mapping more than 13,000 gravestones across eight cemeteries |
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| 1 | | within the Prairie Central School District, and we commend | 2 | | their work on a project that helps many people in their | 3 | | genealogy research; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to Geography teacher Andrew Quain as an expression of | 6 | | our esteem and respect.
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