A BRUNCH WITH GREATNESS THE ELEMENTARY HISTORICAL BRUNCH
By K. Meagan Ledendecker
Imagine if studies in history could weave together poetry, handcrafts, reading, fashion, composition, measurement, research, personal interests, grace and courtesy, and artistic expression. Our elementary students experience all this and more as they immerse themselves in an all-encompassing history project called the Historical Dinner (or Historical Brunch, depending upon the time of day they share the culmination of their work). This multidisciplinary foray began within the first year or two of the MSB elementary program and each year that we announce the start of the project, our returning students break out in cheers and applause. These seasoned students look forward to perusing biographies to find a famous historical person to study over a series of weeks, and they know that these studies will culminate in all sorts of exciting activities. After
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