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!?! _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org
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