EXPEDITIONS Exploring the Past, Discovering the Future

History Teacher Jason Hewer reflects on the important connections boys made by traveling to Washington D.C. and Philadelphia on our inaugural Cultural Connections trip.

Have you ever seen the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark? Imagine with me the opening scene of that film. Indiana Jones is trekking through a jungle in South America. He pauses in the midst of the immense heat to wipe sweat from his brow. A team of men follow him silently, deeper and deeper into the jungle. As the scene progresses, his crew is slowly whittled down as they succumb to fear, greed, and the deadly booby traps left by an unnamed ancient civilization. Finally, in an iconic moment, Jones stands in front of a pedestal on which sits a golden idol. He cleverly pulls a pouch of sand from his pack, discarding