Co-op in Review: January 30, 2014

This week, our history studies take us to the tumultuous decade of the 1960's.  Gone are the blissful 50's, and now it's time to shake things up.  In the first presidential election where the debates were televised, charismatic John F. Kennedy narrowly defeated Vice President Richard Nixon to win the presidency.  Kennedy was busy in his mere two and a half years in office.  He dealt with crises in Cuba, relations with Russia, a war beginning in Vietnam, not to mention serious trouble in the American South where a fight for Civil Rights was beginning to really heat up.  The Dialectic class began a three week study of the Civil Rights movement this week.  They each were assigned a Civil Rights figure to research and make a presentation on.  They also are working on timelines and doing some pretty extensive research as well.  The Upper Grammar class made rubber band helicopters, as they are learning about the very beginnings of a conflict in a faraway land, Vietnam.  The Lower Grammar class learned about why all people are created equal, and that skin color doesn't matter.  They made cute hand garlands, using hands with a variety of different skin colors, to show that we are all united.  The Five in a Row class read the book, "Madeline".  It's the story of an adorable little girl who lives in France.  They then took a journey to France by making paper models of the lovely city of Paris.