Monday, April 02, 2007
Colonial Period Comes Alive in Missouri
Readers of Divided Loyalties in Missouri, brought the Revolutionary War period to life with a recent all-day event attended by over 600 people. What a great way to learn about our past. Fifth grade teacher Lois Marian sent me the following to post on my website:
With a horse pawing the ground outside the front door, a rooster crowing nearby and "citizens" in long dresses or tri-cornered hats milling around, Pond Elementary School was transported March 14 from the 21st to the 18th century. Students in teacher Lois Mariam's fifth-grade class - with help from parents and staff at the school - presented a simulation of the era of the American Revolution during a "Colonial Period Comes Alive" event. For more of this story, click on or type the URL below:
http://westcountyjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2007/03/20/news/education/sj2tn20070320-0321prj_pioneer1.ii1.txt
With a horse pawing the ground outside the front door, a rooster crowing nearby and "citizens" in long dresses or tri-cornered hats milling around, Pond Elementary School was transported March 14 from the 21st to the 18th century. Students in teacher Lois Mariam's fifth-grade class - with help from parents and staff at the school - presented a simulation of the era of the American Revolution during a "Colonial Period Comes Alive" event. For more of this story, click on or type the URL below:
http://westcountyjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2007/03/20/news/education/sj2tn20070320-0321prj_pioneer1.ii1.txt
