For one of our classes, Syd pulled up a picture of a historical moment of Washington crossing the Delaware. She read a short section of a book that talked about this event. After reading the story, Syd had us look at the picture projected on the SMARTboard. She had us choose which person we were going to be and get into that position.
Once we all determined which person we were and were place, we had a discussion about what we thought was going on. Each person talked about what they thought their person was doing in this photo. I chose to be a person peering out of the side of the boat. I said that my person would be talking to Sister Lucia about what was going on in order to make sure we didn't hit any ice burgs.
I think that this activity was a lot of fun. It allowed us to gain a deeper understanding of what it would have been like to go through this experience. It also allowed us to reenact what we thought would have been happening in this photo. I think that this could easily be done in the classroom with many different subject areas.
Social Studies Blog Post #11
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