I chose this scholarship because you can ALL apply. Deadline: March 31, 2011**$1000. The 2011 GRHS Essay Contest is open to middle school students (sixth through eighth grade), high school students and full-time undergraduate university/college students. The subject of the paper must be related to German-Russian history, heritage or culture and must be the contestant’s original work. A contestant does not need to be of German-Russian heritage to enter the contest. Previous contestants are encouraged to enter each year; however, resubmission of previously judged work is not permitted.
http://www.grhs.org/youthn/youth.html
GRHS Youth Essay Program
As new generations are born and the older generations vanish, our youth become ever less aware of their cultural and ethnic origins. An important function of GRHS is to stimulate interest and awareness among young people of the dramatic history of the German Russian people.
This is important for several reasons. Knowledge of our cultural origins gives us a sense of identity, of belonging and of continuity.
More importantly, an understanding of the lives of our ancestors is an important aspect of decision making in our contemporary world. Although our ancestors lived in a completely different context from our own, many similar societies and cultures still exist. Although many of our ancestors were poor and clung to a much more tenuous existence than we do today, they had the same human needs, emotions and aspirations.
Understanding how these were expressed and how lives were managed under extreme circumstances gives us the strength and understanding to manage our own lives today.
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J W says:
Oooo – hee hee hee… I’ve been teaching essays by having my student write about her passion – horses. You’d be surprised at how much our equine friends are part of history and culture. Right now she is writing an essay on the consequences of the equine influenza epidemic of 1872. So it looks like this child should find out if German-Russians developed any unique horse breeds, or if there are any famous race horse jockeys of German-Russian heritage, or if the German-Russians invented any particular riding style or gear for either pleasure or war…
March 29th, 2011 at 11:23 pm