For those of you who don't know, I teach Texas History in addition to art. Part of the Texas History teaching position is leading a trip to Austin. So today I embark on a great journey with 23 thirteen-year-olds in tow. We will go to...
1.) Health Camp in Waco. Get them super hyper with milk shakes for the last hour and half of the drive.
2.) The Capitol Building. I ran through the security measures with the tour coordinator on Friday and I'm terrified.
3.) Austin Park. Where I hope they will wear themselves out so much they will go to sleep right at 10:45 tonight... (Hey, a girl can dream.)
4.) The Bob Bullock State History museum where they will complete a Scavenger hunt and get sources for their 3 page (gasp) paper. I am their favorite teacher assigning that bad boy for sure.
5.) The Texas State Cemetary where we will see some famous dead Texans.
All joking aside I am incredibly excited about this trip. I love this group of kids, even though they are squirrely they bring joy to my day. I didnt have them this past week because they were in testing and I missed them. It was a strange realization. I found myself wanting to check in with them at lunch to see how their day was going. Weird I know but true.
I am sure I will have a post filled with some great stories for you in two days time.
<3 have fun!
ReplyDeleteI think the scavenger hunt should contain an element in the cemetary... that could be entertaining.