Netherlands Quiz Site

NatGeo Netherlands Quiz Site

YouThink Netherlands

Netherlands Culture Quiz

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Anne Frank Exhibit

Anne Frank House

Anne Frank History

YouTube Anne Frank

Then, before the end of class, I want you to write a comment to this post in the “leave a reply” section.  Tell me 3 NEW facts you learned, 2 questions you have, and 1 connection to something you already know about her.  Make sure you put your name to get credit for this!

We are having a lot of fun even though it only got to about 40 degrees today.  We bought hats, jackets, and gloves for the children who were in good spirits despite the cold.

We arrived safely yesterday with ALL our luggage and went straight to the Mall.  After seeing the Washington Monument, the World War II Memorial, and the Korean War Memorial we went to find the names of two people on the Vietnam Veteran’s Wall.  The children were able to make rubbings of the names of Richard Burgess and Jack Garnes.  After seeing the quotes, “Here we paid the price of freedom” on the WWII Memorial and “Freedom is not free” on the Korean War Memorial, they thought a lot about what these two quotes meant for the people on the Wall and all the others whose lives were affected by war.  We sat on the steps of Lincoln Memorial to reflect before moving on to the Albert Einstein Statue and dinner.

Today we saw the Martin Luther King Memorial for the first time.  We also went to FDR’s memorial, the Marine Corps War Memorial, and Arlington Cemetery.  We also ate lunch at Red, Hot and Blue- a 20 year tradition!  Delicious!

We topped the night of with swimming and writing in our journals.  We are ready for another fun filled day tomorrow.  We hope you enjoy seeing our pictures here.

Amsterdam Historical Museum

Lonely Planet Amsterdam History

IAmsterdam History

Let’s Go Amsterdam History

History of the Netherlands

Rick Steves’ Amsterdam

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Be sure to check back to see our pictures.  We are meeting at Kepner at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 17, 2012 to start our adventure!

Europe here we come!

• We will analyze our posts in the IBSP site to ensure we have completed all our work.
• We will research ways to pack for a Europe trip by going to several packing websites:  Rick Steves, EuropeUpClose, Seattle Times, and EF Tours.

Language Objective:

• We will read, listen, and speak while working in the TRC about our learning.

Agenda:

1. We will complete our posts to our partners in the IBSP project.
2. We will search the sites listed above to learn more about how to pack and how to travel.
3. We will think about what they all have in common and how they are different from each other.
4. We will think about what we have already learned about packing and apply it to our new learning.
5. We will share with our partners what we are learning.
6. For homework, we will view and select our gear for the trip.
7. For homework, we will continue our search outside of school.

Europe 2012

1. You need to choose a rain jacket color and size in men’s or women’s.
2. You need to choose a color of a backpack.
3. You need to choose a neck or waist pouch.
4. You need to choose a water bottle color.

DC 2012

1. You need to choose a rain poncho color.
2. You need to choose a color of a backpack.
3. You need to choose a neck or waist pouch.
4. You need to choose a water bottle color.

• We will research the following places and think about what we read in class about them:

1. Arlington Cemetery
2. Changing of the Guard
3. Tomb of the Unknown Solider
4. Korean War Memorial and Korean War Memorials
5. Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial and Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial
6. World War II Memorial and World War II Memorial

Language Objective:

• We will read, listen, and speak while working in the TRC about our learning.

Agenda:

1. We will search each site to learn more about what we can see while we are in DC.
2. We will think about what they have in common and how they are different.
3. We will share with our partners what we are learning.
4. For homework, we will view and select our gear for the trip.
5. For homework, we will continue our search outside of school.