2/2/2010 Colonial Experience Day at PCA
DOVER, NH — Visitors got up close and personal with their favorite historical figures during Colonial Experience Day at Portsmouth Christian Academy. This event culminated the fifth grade social studies unit on the 13 colonies and the time period leading up to the Revolutionary War.
The students were asked to research a historical figure from either the Revolutionary War or the Civil War, create a report and visual presentation including period dress, and pose as their character in the fashion of a mock “wax museum.” Parents, staff, and students were able to walk up to a particular character, press a “button,” and hear the student recite his or her character’s speech from a first person narrative view. The event also included culinary delights of the period made by the students, as well as colonial games and artisan crafts.
“Colonial Experience Day gave the students a chance to experience history from a totally different perspective. By becoming a different character from the Revolutionary or Civil War era, I think each student was able to gain far better insight into what life was like centuries ago,” stated Michael Hickey, PCA fifth grade teacher. “Their hard work was evident as I walked around the room and felt as though I was actually speaking to the likes of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Ulysses Grant, and Clara Barton.”
Portsmouth Christian Academy is located at 20 Seaborne Drive, Dover, NH. PCA offers a challenging academic curriculum from preschool through high school along with competitive athletic programs and other stimulating extra-curricular activities. For more information, please call 603.742.3617 or visit the school’s web site at www.pcaschool.org.
Portsmouth Christian Academy fifth grade student, Zachariah Martin, portrayed Benjamin Franklin during Colonial Experience Day. This interactive event concluded the Social Studies learning unit on the 13 colonies and the time period leading up to the Revolutionary War.
A fifth grade “wax museum” history project at Portsmouth Christian Academy culminated in this amusing “Civil War” exchange between Ulysses S. Grant (Dominic Mancuso, left) and Robert E. Lee (Riley Sipp, right).
The students were asked to research a historical figure from either the Revolutionary War or the Civil War, create a report and visual presentation including period dress, and pose as their character in the fashion of a mock “wax museum.” Parents, staff, and students were able to walk up to a particular character, press a “button,” and hear the student recite his or her character’s speech from a first person narrative view. The event also included culinary delights of the period made by the students, as well as colonial games and artisan crafts.
“Colonial Experience Day gave the students a chance to experience history from a totally different perspective. By becoming a different character from the Revolutionary or Civil War era, I think each student was able to gain far better insight into what life was like centuries ago,” stated Michael Hickey, PCA fifth grade teacher. “Their hard work was evident as I walked around the room and felt as though I was actually speaking to the likes of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Ulysses Grant, and Clara Barton.”
Portsmouth Christian Academy is located at 20 Seaborne Drive, Dover, NH. PCA offers a challenging academic curriculum from preschool through high school along with competitive athletic programs and other stimulating extra-curricular activities. For more information, please call 603.742.3617 or visit the school’s web site at www.pcaschool.org.
Portsmouth Christian Academy fifth grade student, Zachariah Martin, portrayed Benjamin Franklin during Colonial Experience Day. This interactive event concluded the Social Studies learning unit on the 13 colonies and the time period leading up to the Revolutionary War.
A fifth grade “wax museum” history project at Portsmouth Christian Academy culminated in this amusing “Civil War” exchange between Ulysses S. Grant (Dominic Mancuso, left) and Robert E. Lee (Riley Sipp, right).
For further information, please contact:
Patty Mynczywor, Development Associate
Tel: 603.742.3617, Ext. 141
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