Course Information
Participating Teachers
Mick Moulton - Morton Junior High School
Exploring Our Places: Mick's Narrative
I grew up in Kelso Washington and was third generation to do so. After college I started an insurance business. I sold the business and my wife and children and I went back to school, I had decided to become a teacher. I came to Morton and have been here for 15 years.
Morton much like Mineral are dying towns. At one time the population of Mineral was over 2000. Today it is about 300. In Morton at one time there were 5 mills. Today only 2 exist. How does this trend effect kids of that
area? Will there be jobs in the future? Will the timber industry be there in 10 years?
The largest problem as a teacher in a rural community is helping students understand that the community they grew up in may not exist in the future. They need to explore jobs outside their area. To prepare themselves students need to recognize the historical past and the changing future. Like the S&H Greenstamps I used as an artifact, Morton will have no value but to show the past in the future.
