On 7/24/07, Lucinda Marcello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Our 20 and 21 year old sons along with two friends blazed a trip across
> Europe this summer using Eurorail passes. It was very fun but challenging
> buying water, keeping in touch with no European cell phones, language
> issues, money exchange issues (Switzerland ONLY takes Francs not Euros),
> wiring emergency money, safety issues, schedules for museums and
> archeology
> visits that they loved....it was life changing. (sky diving over the
> Alps!)
> I have been thinking.... how can I use this with my midde school students?
>
> Get those young people into the class to talk about their experiences! I
> guarantee your students will love it. Perhaps together or after their visit
> your students could create an illustrated map? Chart their path on Google
> Earth? Do currency exchange lessons, find online museums from those visited,
> write a journal enrty as if the student were a little mouse tucked into a
> back pack of the travelers detailing a day, they would probably all write
> about the sky diving. Have the kids write a 3,2,1 thank you letter after the
> visit,  simulate an archeolgy dig. Could they come to my class!?!
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