Stuart-Hobson Takes Early Lead in We the People Challenge!

Students in Amy Trenkle's class have taken a commanding early lead in the 2010 We the People Constitution Tour Challenge!*

Here are some pictures of her students in action doing just a few of the possible challenge activities in conjunction with their We the People trolley tour:

Winning the 2010 D.C. Middle School We the People Simulated Congressional Hearings City-wide Competition on January 14

Student visiting the United States Capitol After an Insider's Tour and Meeting with DC Congresswoman Norton

And these are only some of the activities they completed while studying the U.S. Constitution in their 8th grade history class. Other activities include:

• Critiqued the Capitol Visitor Center with Maria Marable for the US Capitol Visitor Center
• We the People Essay Writing (two formal essays)
• In-school We the People simulated congressional hearings
• Memorized the 44 Presidents
• Watched the State of the Union Address with pre- and post-lessons relating to the State of the Union
• Created "We the ________" Children’s Books
• Went to Peabody Pre-K classes to share students’ "We the ________" Children’s Books
• Our Courts presented to students in a formalized program at Stuart-Hobson
• Visited the National Portrait Gallery and/or the National Museum of American History to view portraiture/objects about the American Presidency
• Posted blogs about the Trolley Tour
• Posted blogs about either the U.S. Capitol trip, "We the ________" Children's Books, or State of the Union
• Interviewed a parent/adult about their first time voting for a president
• Memorized portion of the Declaration of Independence

*Points for all these submissions are still being assigned and tabulated!