CLASS PHOTOS FOR FEATURED CLASS FOR OCTOBER 19--NOVEMBER 1:

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.