Finding Aid of the Terri Downing and Johnston Elementary School COVID 19 Collection, PC.7059
Abstract
The State Archives of North Carolina is dedicated to capturing the experience of the
COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and resulting State of Emergency of 2020-2021 among
both private individuals and state employees.
This collection consists of the bound volume, First Hand Accounts: Life During COVID
19, written and illustrated by Fouth Graders at Johnston Elementary School in Buncombe
County, North Carolina
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Terri Downing and Johnston Elementary School COVID 19 Collection
- Call Number
- PC.7059
- Creator
- Downing, Terri
- Date
- 2020
- Extent
- 0.200 cubic feet
- Repository
- Western Regional Archives, State Archives of North Carolina
Restrictions on Access & Use
Access Restrictions
Available for research
Use Restrictions
Copyright is retained by the authors of these materials, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law (Title 17 US Code). Individual researchers are responsible for using these materials in conformance with copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], PC.7059, Terri Downing and Johnston Elementary School COVID 19 Collection State Archives of North Carolina, Western Regional Archives, Asheville, NC, USA.
Collection Overview
This collection consists of the bound volume, First Hand Accounts: Life During COVID 19, written and illustrated by Fouth Graders at Johnston Elementary School in Buncombe County, North Carolina for the 2019-2020 year; a lesson planner for the year that reflects the changes in lesson delivery following school closings; a flash drive with lesson plans
Biographical/Historical
Johnston Elementary School is a K-4 school in West Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C. that serves approximately 200 students. During the outbreak of COVID-19, fourth grade students wrote down answers to specific questions about Covid 19 such as "What is it like for you to be quarantined? and "What have you missed out on during the Covid 19 quarantine?" The students answers were collected and compiled in a book, along with student-created illustrations.