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Travels in time
There are three ways you can help us here and one of them is really unique and, we hope, even more fun than usual. You can send material for countries we have not yet visited as we will put your reports into our data base and they can be searched through our Your World Search.
Now click on the category on the right that you wish to send us a report for, or, read about each one in turn and decide if you can report to us.
For each country we have provided a brief summary, through different time periods, of their history. We would like to have that enhanced with specific reports written about individual events. The reports should be written as "eye-witness" news accounts. If you are sending us material for a country we have visited then check the summary because if you can give some illustrative examples of our text, then your piece of reporting is more likely to find itself in this section. However, even if your particular report is not included there, it will be available to anyone who searches for information on the history that particular country.
When you have something to send us, please email it to the following address: -:- reportsevents@theoneworld.org
Then paste the following piece of text into the email and fill in the parts in italics.
EVENTS REPORT - name of country
EVENT - Name of event
YEAR - Year of event
YOUR NAME - your name
YOUR AGE - if you want
YOUR SCHOOL if applicable
TEXT a piece of text, no more than 500 words, describing the event. You should try and explain why it happened, what happened and, because you are writing as an eye-witness who was there, you can guess or suppose what might happen next (although of course you will have the benefit of hindsight).
ILLUSTRATION if you wish you can include an illustration with your piece of text.
THE TIME JOURNAL - Note this report can only be done after we have visited a country.
This is the really fun bit where you can let your imagination run away with you. For each country we visit we will transport ourselves back in time to a particular period. We will begin a story about how life might have been like at that time and what we may have seen and done. You will then be asked to continue the story in not more than 5000 words. You should try and make us experience as many of the categories headings that appear on the country page as possible. As an example you could go to the New Zealand section where we not only started the story but also gave our version of how it should continue. Click here to see that example.
When you have something to send us, please email it to the following address: -:- reportsthetimejournal@theoneworld.org
Then paste the following piece of text into the email and fill in the parts in italics.
THE TIME JOURNAL - name of country
YOUR NAME - your name
YOUR AGE - if you want
YOUR SCHOOL if applicable
TEXT place your text here - remember it should not exceed 5000 words but can be less.
PHOTO If you are feeling really clever then you cold take a photo of us (you can find some here) and digitally alter it to show us in the right clothes for the period you have written about. The photo should be no bigger than 800X600 pixels and if possible in jpg format
Sometimes you can actually be there when history happens or you get the chance to talk to someone else who was. Here we would like an account of a significant event in your country's history, which will show the impact that a single event can have on individuals or whole societies and to show how differently that event can be perceived or how different its impact could be on the life of different peoples involved.
There are two ways you can do this report, either about sometime you experienced or, like a real journalist, after interviewing someone else.
When you have something to send us, Email to the following address:- reportsiwasthere@theoneworld.org
Then paste the following piece of text into the email and fill in the parts in italics.
I WAS THERE - Insert name of country
EVENT - insert the event you will be writing about
PERSON - Tell us the name of the person who saw the event (it may be you of course)
YEAR - tell us the year and maybe the actual date it took place
NAME - Your name
AGE age if you want
SCHOOL school name if applicable
YOUR COUNTRY where you live
TEXT - Send us a piece of text along the following lines:
IF WRITING FROM YOUR OWN MEMORIES: try to think if, during your lifetime, there has been a very significant event, which really affected your community or your country. It should not be an event, which only affected your close family, we want something with a wider effect. Once you have chosen the event try and answer the following questions:
what you were doing on that day< br />
what exactly happened
how were you involved in, or affected by, it
what were your feelings about the event
how did the people around you react or feel
what were the future consequences.
Make notes as answers to these questions. If you want photos to illustrate the event maybe you could get some from a photographic archive. Many newspapers have these. When you have decided on your format, you can begin to write. First, think of a catchy, punchy but accurate title. Then you can put a little bit of information about yourself. Include your age at the time and what you were doing in your life ie a student etc. Then tell us what you are doing now.
Then begin your narrative. Make it as long as necessary but try and keep to the subject. It would be good to give your readers some historical background of the time you will be talking about but when in your story you should do it is up to you. We would like you to be creative so you can decide how the best to paint a picture for your readers, how to take them to your country in the times when the event took place. Think how to introduce yourself, how much to tell about you, your feelings and emotions on that day, how personal this story should be. You should try to make your readers understand what this event meant in your life and the lives of people from your community. Just remember that it is a very meaningful piece of work you are doing and others will learn from it
IF WRITING FROM THE MEMORIES OF SOMEONE ELSE:
If you can't think of any event you experienced or witnessed, think about important days in last 30 or 40 years in your country. Is there anything that you would like to know more about? Would you like to find out how it felt, would you like to hear someone's personal story? Again it should not be an event which only affected your close family, we want something with a wider effect.
Now think if you know a person who lived through that day and may have something interesting to say about it. It may be your parent, grandparent, neighbour or maybe there is someone in your community who experienced it more directly, maybe even influenced it himself. You could write them a letter and see if they would give up some of their time but, just in case they would turn out to be a very busy person, have an alternative. We don't mind, if one of these busy people will agree to meet you in 5 years time, we will accept that project from you later. We really don't mind you doing more work.
If you are lucky enough for someone to agree to talk to you, make sure you are prepared. If you are very lucky, and the person agrees, you might be able to record your conversation on tape. But don't send us these tapes. The audio recording is solely for your benefit. If you need to take notes you could ask the other person if they would like you to read them what you put down, maybe they would like to see your work before you send it to us. Even if you have the best intentions you may make some mistakes. You could also offer to show them your final work.
During your chat with them you should make sure that they answer the following questions:
what they were doing on that day
what exactly happened
how were they involved in, or affected by, it
what were their feelings about the even
how did the people around them react or feel
what were the future consequences.
Take notes as they answer your questions. Before you leave ask if the person has any memorabilia from that period. This will help you think about the format of your article. Can you include photos that are relevant. If the person does not have any photos to illustrate the event maybe you could get some from a photographic archive. Many newspapers have these. When you have decided on your format, you can begin to write. First, think of a catchy, punchy but accurate title. Then you can put a little bit of information about them. Include their age at the time and what they were doing in life ie a student etc. Then tell us what they do now.
Then begin your story. Make it as long as necessary but try and keep to the point. Then begin your narrative. Make it as long as necessary but try and keep to the point. It would be good to give your readers some historical background of the time you will be talking about but when you should do it is up to you. We would like you to be creative so you can decide how the best to paint a picture for your readers, how to take them to your country in the times when the event took place. Think how to introduce your subject, how much to tell about them, their feelings and emotions on that day, how personal this story should be. You should try to make your readers understand what this event meant in the life of your subject or the lives of people from their community but where you will include it, is up to you. Just remember that it is a very meaningful piece of work you are doing and others will learn from it.
Also remember if you say "Mr.X said ......" then you must be accurate in repeating exactly his words. Alternatively, you don't need to quote exactly what was said but just write your interpretation or understanding of what you were told. You should try to get it as close to the original as possible but this leaves a bit more space for you. Also try to convey any emotions you may have noticed when your subject was speaking.
In all cases where you are sending us original material, please make sure you are aware of the terms and conditions, which apply to work, sent to us. In simple words, when sending material to us you give us the right to display it on our website or in associated material.
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