Highlights of the Week November 11

• We went to the Historical Society.  (RM)
• There was a short-cut to get out of the house in case pirates attack.  The closet had a secret door.  (MF)
• We made dolls out of cloth and clothespins.  (AM)
• They taught us some of the olden day games.  (MK)
• We made butter by shaking cream and milk.  (EC)
• We found a short-cut back to the kitchen.  (ED)
• They had to pop up a table when the kids eat.  (KN)
• There were fireplaces in almost every room.  (ES)
• The grown-ups and older boys got to use silverware.  Everyone else ate with their hands.  (SS & AP)
• At the Historical Society they told us that little kids would hold their hands up to the opening in the fireplace to check if it was hot enough. (RH)
• They had fake food on the table to show us the kinds of food the colonists ate.  (MF)
• Sugar was in a big block and they had a tool to chip away at the sugar.  (AP & BB)
• When the moms were making food, they put the little kids in a wooden crate called a 'babysitter' so that the kids wouldn't mess up the dinner and they would stay away from the fire.  (MF)
• ES's grandpa shared pictures of when he was in the Navy.  (BS)
• We saw the picture on the Smartboard.  They were really big.  (AP)
• We went outside to wave our flags and sing Patriotic songs in honor of Veterans' Day.  (JN)
• We saw a short video about Election Day.  (ES)
• Americans vote for who they want to be in charge.  (AM)
• Many years ago girls and women and people with dark skin were not allowed to vote.  (MF)
• Now everyone who is 18 or older can vote.  (MK)
• In art everyone is drawing their room using oil pastels.   (TP)
• In art we pretended to be 5th graders.  (MF)