Thoughts from the week of 7/14

We began our week with a discussion of primary sources and their importance in the elementary social studies classroom. Kathy Schrock's slideshow provided the clear definition, "actual records that have survived from the past, such as letters, photographs, videos, and articles of clothing". Sites like the Library of Congress' American Memory project provide a large assortment of resources. For example, today in history on July 21, 1861 was the first battle of Bull Run. This photograph taken in 1862 shows the destruction.
On Tuesday we struck the streets of Cambridge in search of 42 degrees 22.585 North and 71 degrees 07.055 West.


We found a multicache in our geocache adventure that took us through Harvard's campus, back through Lesley and into a Cambridge neighborhood.



Thursday we shared cultural biographies. This was truly a great class. I am always throughly amazed with your descriptions of your cultural selves and how much you have to bring to your classroom. Not to mention a day of great food!