tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post4804083762256045813..comments2023-10-31T09:19:18.737-07:00Comments on Organized Chaos: Teaching American Dreamsorganized chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18050635225751382130noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-77611798575290910142007-11-22T04:26:00.000-08:002007-11-22T04:26:00.000-08:00Sorry Jeff, The Berkeley plantation isn't an SOL a...Sorry Jeff, The Berkeley plantation isn't an SOL and therefore doesn't actually exist. :) <BR/>And I've thought about making them wear scarlet letters as a follow-up later in the year but worried it may get me fired. So we'll keep the pilgrims and Columbus innocent for now and let their college professors teach some of our historical truths.organized chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18050635225751382130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-80692605951334047642007-11-21T07:28:00.000-08:002007-11-21T07:28:00.000-08:00This sounds like a great lesson and one that inspi...This sounds like a great lesson and one that inspires kids to like history (which matters a great deal to me as someone who has to (re)inspire them to like it many years later).<BR/><BR/>However, I couldn't help but thinking two things as I read the post (and please understand that they are both intended tongue-in-cheek). <BR/>1) Do you tell them that once they arrive they can impose their beliefs on others the way the Pilgrims and Puritans did? <BR/>and<BR/>2) Where is the love for the Berkeley plantation Thanksgiving here in Virginia which predates the Pilgrim one by at least a year?<BR/><BR/>Finally, I love the idea of telling the class, "Too bad.... Get on the boat." :-)Jeffrey McClurkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118204828598680985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-84380702233245157632007-11-20T16:53:00.000-08:002007-11-20T16:53:00.000-08:00This humbled me... I thought I had a passion for h...This humbled me... I thought I had a passion for history but you take it to a higher level that just sounds incredible. Those kids have no idea what they had (or maybe they did?!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com