Nathan's Patriots Day

Nathan's fourth grade class has been studying the American Revolution. Today they had their culminating "real life" day. That is one thing that I love about The Classical Academy is how they go ALL out on these days. They had these three men from The Sons of the Revolution come and talk to the class. They had so many interesting facts, props, and stories. I think they were as excited to be there as the class was to have them.

The next room was writing the Declaration of Independance with plumes and ink. Let's just say they didn't get too much written . Then they had a Clara Barton room where a woman was dressed up and talked about her. Clara Barton had lost three husbands and numerous children. She told of how George Washington approached her to make the flag and had initially wanted a square flag. She pointed out that a rectangular one would wave better. She also had requested to make 5 point stars instead of 6 point stars because that would use less fabric and could be made using only 1 cut. The kids then learned the one cut star method. Anyway, the last station of the day was a colonial lunch of stew and biscuits.

I forgot to mention the play at the first part of the morning. Nathan was John Hancock. He was very excited to get this part. All the kids were dressed up for the time period. Some parents rent costumes, but can I just say that I'm grateful for the ARC. We found a men's suit jacket for $3.99 that we cut short in the front and then made tails in the back of it. All in all it was a very educational day for Nathan and fun for me to spend the day with him!!!