Day 10 Native Am. Rights, Found poem, Mini field trips

Day 10

Native American Civil Rights was our morning topic. Views and stereotypes of American Indians have developed in our nation's history and are still being reshaped.

Next we made a 'found poem' based on points that stood out from a reading about Mississippi's decision to secede from the Union. I have heard of this activity. It might be possible to do a simple poem in Spanish.

We went to the library for a tour of the Ulysses S. Grant collection. It is an impressive collection of General (President) Grant's letters, photos and family possessions. I learned that he was 'tender' toward his family. Also, there is a book (one of 4) of actual photographs from his funeral and the 7-mile funeral procession. It is too fragile to be viewed so it will be digitized for preservation.


We returned to Arts and Crafts for Day 3. I'm ready to outline my shapes on watercolor. Then, I will glue the whole sheet to foam-board before cutting it out.




Afternoon excursion #1 took us to the Cobb Institute.  In the archaeology museum there were quite a few connections with language, replicas of the Rosetta Stone, Hammurabi's Code and various Assyrian writings. We also visited the 'pot' room where they reconstructed items from different digs. The tour guide was an artist, turned archaeologist, who drew houses, etc. based on the information from the digs. I still wonder if I could have made a career as an archaeologist. It seems so interesting, like a puzzle....

We entered Hilbun Hall to see the Geology exhibit. There was no problem with being hot on our walk since it was raining!
We had a question sheet to look for certain information about Mississippi. We did find that both MS and England have chalk deposits, a valuable resource in MS is coal and that the Black Warrior Basin (in NE MS) has the oldest fossils because it was covered by a tropical sea, rather than the ocean.  There were lots of relics found in Lowndes County and other places in MS. I have always loved finding special rocks and looking for fossils. I wish I knew more about rocks and earth science.

Well, time to head home for the weekend. Can't wait to see what we'll learn on Monday!