Banner photos by Meghan Flathers and Lydia Hinckley
A microorganism hijacked the world and radically altered our lives, and we want Wayland High School history students in 2070 to know what it was like. This digital time capsule, assembled from the collective work of 50 US history juniors, includes several hundred photos of everyday lock-down life from March through June 2020, as well as about 75 journal reflections as of May, and then again a few weeks later, after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police. Our site is a record of local teenagers' thoughts and experiences captured during an era that historians will study extensively - a small gift to posterity.
Only time will tell how structurally altering these months shall prove to be, but there is little question that both the Coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter uprising have deeply impacted Americans, perhaps signalling a national paradigm shift in our ongoing quest to achieve life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness for all.
Kevin Delaney
Wayland High School
June 14, 2020
A microorganism hijacked the world and radically altered our lives, and we want Wayland High School history students in 2070 to know what it was like. This digital time capsule, assembled from the collective work of 50 US history juniors, includes several hundred photos of everyday lock-down life from March through June 2020, as well as about 75 journal reflections as of May, and then again a few weeks later, after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police. Our site is a record of local teenagers' thoughts and experiences captured during an era that historians will study extensively - a small gift to posterity.
Only time will tell how structurally altering these months shall prove to be, but there is little question that both the Coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter uprising have deeply impacted Americans, perhaps signalling a national paradigm shift in our ongoing quest to achieve life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness for all.
Kevin Delaney
Wayland High School
June 14, 2020