Before the students looked at the Truman Footlocker, they observed, read
and discussed a variety of secondary souces to gain insight to all forms of
resources. Ashley and Chris read advertisements from a 1928 newspaper
while Ryan is recording his findings.
Rebekah and Lauren are doing research on the new Project WhistleStop
computers.
The Truman Footlocker in Mrs. Zeih's 5th Grade Class
Rebekah and John use newspapers from the Truman Footlocker to find out
historical information about WWII.
Amanda documented information about Truman's hat.
For Brandy and Adam, checking out primary sources from the Truman
Footlocker can be fun as well as informative?
Kyle presented the Truman Footlocker to his parents during Open House and
showed a number of Truman items including eyeglasses and a scrapbook of
pictures from Harry S Truman's early life.
Amy shows her mother and sister newspapers and WWI memorabilia during
Truman's life.
After we opened the trunk and investigated our Truman "artifacts", we
began to discuss leadership. We talked about the traits of a good leader
and how there reflected on Truman's leadership. Here is Matthew holding
the
chart that includes our leadership attributes. Once we discussed these
traits, the students began to find trivia facts that would related to
Truman's leadership qualities. The following daily facts will relate to
Truman's self-discipline, his inner-drive to do his best, his loyalty to
his family, and to many other leadership traits.
