Painting and a story

We talked about how George Washington crossed the Delaware River. Mrs. Beauchamp projected a picture of George Washington and his fleet crossing the Delaware River. She asked us what we seen in the painting. She then had us stare at this painting as she read us a story. I found this to be very powerful because I could almost see what the men on the boat were feeling and thinking. It also gave a little onsite to why George Washington did what he did and what he was feeling and thinking as he led all of those men into battle. After she read the story she then asked us the same question about the painting, "Now what do you see in the painting?", our answers where completely different. She had us all get up and recreate the painting, if you look in the background you can see the painting. By making us act out this painting it put us into the situation and made it real to us. This was a great strategy because it got us thinking about what it must have been like on that cold winter night on the water. What do you think you would have been feeling if you was in that boat on the freezing cold Delaware River knowing that you and all of the men around you were about to go into battle?