Dr. Sydney had us get a shoe box and gave us these directions.
Hello friends!
I hope you are having a great day! I just wanted to remind you that tomorrow is our trade fair. We will be pretending to have a trading post where we buy and sell our wares. Please don't buy anything. You can use things you would give away or put in a garage sale, you can make something, or if you are pressed for time, someone once brought Rise and Roll donuts and cut them up. It was crazy!
The shoebox activity is an engagement piece that connects us empathetically to the people in history, and to people now, who must leave their homes permanently with only what they can carry in a shoebox. You can use a regular size shoebox and the following rules apply:
- you must be able to put the lid on
- you must only give yourself 5 minutes
- all kids and pets are a given
- if something you pick has such value that it's loss or breakage would devastate you, please don't bring it to school, just put a note in your box that it would fit in there
- i will not tell you what to bring in terms of electronics etc...
- remember, only 5 minutes to think about it and get your items
This activity may cause you some stress. The point is we want to connect to the Native Americans on the Trail of Tears, the pioneers as they left their homes and headed west, the people who had moments to leave during Hurricane Katrina.
Take care, and I hope your day is filled with joy.
Sydney" (Dr. Sydney Beauchamp 2015)
It was kind of hard trying to think of what we would take with us knowing what did not fit in my shoe box would be left behind and never seen again. It was interesting to see the different thought throughout the class. I could definitely see the ones that had kids and the people that were still single and the ones that are very practical. I think I was on the practical side because I made sure that I had all social security cards, birth certificates, degrees, wallet (which has my drivers license and my family trees, that are irreplaceable and baby pictures of my son. These are things that will make it easier to transition into another place to prove all of our identities. What would you take with you if you only had 5 minutes to grab a shoe box of stuff with you?
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