Day 5: A Museum based on an Idea:

There is only one thing that’s hard about these trips, and thats the fact that these amazing speakers and museums are thousands od miles away from my studentsand I only wish I could bring them here to experience even just one day in this amazing place.

Last summer when Carol Berkin came to speak at CSU Pueblo I unfortunately could not make it and all I would hear from those who saw her was how amazing she was, and she did not disappoint today, wow!!! What an engaging, amazing womanwho doesn’t need notes and could probably speak without them for hours on end. Of the books we read for the class her’s was my favorite. I do love the fact that she does make these men more human and gives us a chance to see that human side of these famous men.

Just when I think it could not possibly get better it did what an amzing museum, I loved the building, the displays, the video, the life sized statues of tose who signed, make sure below to check out the picture of me standing next to George Washington, in his prime he was 6′2 and 250 pounds. Here’s a presidential fact for you, less then 5 of all the Presidents have been over 6 foot tall, and here’s another starting with Reagan and finishing with Bush when he defeated Kerry the winner has always been the taller man.

Back to the Museum I will be sure to add the links to all of those websites to my school’s website what an amazing resource those could be for my schools studnt’s and teachers.

Finally I have to thank Lauren for taking me to Reading Terminal Market and China Town today, neither were on the agenda and it was fun to get to see another part of Philly.  

 

Day 4 :Princeton

We can tell that we were on the East Coast today it was Rainy and Muggy all day long, I wish some of this rain would make a visit first in Colorado talked with my parent’s today down in La Veta Colorado and they said it was Hot, Hot, Hot and Dry, Dry, Dry. Another comment before I get to the meat of my blog I wish we could have some of the amazing trees, bushes and flowers back in Colorado that they have here, Makes an enthusiastic landscaper like myself jealous of what they have here.

My two favorite places on today’s adventure was the Battlefield and the Memorial for the battle in downtown Princeton. Once again although it doesn’t look like it did back then our tour guide painted a very realistic picture of the battle and where certain groups were how the battle unfolded, and the main characters involved. As a teacher the way I would use todays events in my classroom would be to take them out to a park or a football field and on large pieces of posterboard write down major landmarks of the site and split the class into groups representing British and continental troops and have them walk through the progression of the battle. Seeing how this was one of Washingtons first successes it’s important for the kid’s to realize that without this win it could have been over for Washington as the General of the troops.

I would also show the students the picture of the memorial that I show down below and tell them to look at the detail and how beautiful it is as well as discuss why they think it took so long to erect the memorial.  

Last Thoughts:  Good Pizza and good company and very much looking forward to tommorow especially the life size statues of those who signed the Constittution. Below enjoy the pictures of the Battlefield, the Memorial and finally he’s back Kyle’s Dog and he’s become an Ivy Leaguer since we saw him last.