The Summit Country Day School Second Grade Gingerbread Boy Project
Introduction The Summit Country Day School’s second grade participates in an annual Gingerbread Boy Project based on author Jan Brett’s book, Gingerbread Baby. In the book, a boisterous gingerbread baby gets into mischief as he outruns his family and the residents of a Swiss village. Second graders decorate a construction-paper cutout of a Gingerbread Boy and send it to someone they know. They explain the Gingerbread Boy has a tendency to get into trouble and ask for help looking after him. The relatives report back on their experience. The project helps students learn vocabulary, geography, foreshadowing, sequencing and skills they can apply to critical thinking, writing and oral presentations. Will Delworth sent his Gingerbread Boy to his uncle, James Delworth, a U.S. attorney stationed in Baghdad in 2009. Will’s uncle enlisted the help of his colleagues to give Gingerbread Boy a tour of duty. The Gingerbread came back with this story of his journey and a flag that flew over the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
Will Delworth sends the Gingerbread Boy to Baghdad, Iraq.
Will sent the Gingerbread Boy to the country of Iraq. He flew over the Atlantic Ocean and over the Mediterranean Sea to Iraq.
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Gingerbread Boy flew over Baghdad and saw the Tigris River.
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Iraq is very dry with lots of desert. Most people live close to the Tigris or Euphrates rivers.
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Gingerbread Boy landed in the desert in Iraq. There was no grass, just dirt and palm trees.
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Gingerbread Boy was very hungry and thirsty. He saw a date palm tree.
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Gingerbread Boy climbed up the date palm tree to get some dates to eat.
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Gingerbread Boy was able to get some dates from the palm tree to eat. They very good. He also drank lots of water, because it was very hot in the desert.
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There were a lot of interesting places in Iraq. Gingerbread Boy decided to explore and have an adventure.
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Gingerbread Boy went to the Crossed Swords in Baghdad.
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Gingerbread Boy saw Al Faw Palace, one of the palaces of Saddam Hussein.
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Gingerbread Boy went inside Al Faw Palace which was very big.
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Gingerbread Boy sat on the throne used by Saddam Hussein.
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Gingerbread Boy even went to an Army Base and met “Rocky,� the mascot of the 3rd Infantry Division. When Gingerbread Boy saw the American Flag, he missed home and wanted to go back to The Summit. -13-
Gingerbread Boy saw some Aladdin lamps. He tried to rub the lamps to see if a genie would appear and grant him three wishes. He was going to wish he was back home, but there was no genie in any of these lamps.
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Gingerbread Boy tried to find a flying carpet to fly home, but none of the carpets would fly.
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Silly Gingerbread Boy, you cannot ride on an MRAP all the way home.
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A nice Iraqi soldier came by and said: “Can I help you, Gingerbread Boy?� Gingerbread Boy said he wanted to go home. The solder told him to go ask a police officer to help him get home.
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Gingerbread Boy asked some very nice Iraqi police officers how he could get home. They told him to go to the United States Embassy, and they would help him get home.
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Gingerbread Boy saw some American soldiers. He asked the soldiers how to get to the United States Embassy, and they showed him the way.
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Finally, Gingerbread Boy made it to the United States Embassy in Baghdad. They said, “We will help you get home, Gingerbread Boy.”
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The Ambassador told the Gingerbread Boy that he was very brave. He gave him a flag that flew over the Embassy as a gift to bring back with him to The Summit Country Day School.
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They put Gingerbread Boy in a box and mailed him back to you. Gingerbread Boy will be very happy to get back to The Summit Country Day School and see Will again.
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