Unit Celebration

Last Friday we had our Tapestry of Grace unit Celebration. We are studying the 20th Century and have learned so much over these past 3+ months. We decided it would be fun to have a "SoupKitchen" theme for lunch since we ended the Unit studying the Great Depression. The older kids were not thrilled with the idea of dressing up but the younger crew had a blast perusing our many resources, choosing a person to dress up as, and raiding their closets and dress up bins for costumes. I barely helped them at all...they also copied the signs from pictures they had seen in the books we studied. Of course we had to remind the kids that our 'soup kitchen' was MUCH more lavish than the ones during the Depression. Somehow I don't think brownies, Panera leftovers, and yummy Banana pudding were a part of the typical soup kitchen menu!!

Guess who?! Here's a clue: she was otherwise known as "Curly Top" and "Dimples"

Hmmm... I wonder who Odesco is supposed to be???

This is the picture he found of the "King of Jazz", Louis Armstrong...he even posed like him without prompting...too funny!

Isn't his trumpet 'ingenious'?? Odesco and G resourcefully used a paper towel roll, kitchen funnel, and paper to make the keys...

Mercy chose to represent Marian Anderson, an African-American, who became an important figure in the struggle for black artists to overcome racial prejudice in the United States during the mid twentieth century.I'll be honest, until Mercy took a special interest in her, I'd never heard of Marian Anderson...I still have much to learn...now if my braincells can retain the new information, that would be great!!


Who is this scary gangster? L really would have looked like Al Capone if he had a more serious expression...don't you think?!

Jenkins LOVES baseball, so none of us were surprised when he showed up like this :)

"Flapper Felicia"...could she be any cuter???

Some of the gang enjoying their soup :)

An 'authentic' sign of the times...

I'm so grateful I have the privilege of teaching our kiddos and learning so much alongside of such special friends!