Hi Melissa,
We have three publications--beyond the Quest book--
which might help you.
The Cemetery Quest is a series of eight lessons which
focuses on mapping small community cemeteries & making
Quests as a method of teaching local history.
The Village Quest is a series of eight lessons which uses
historic maps and on-site drawing & investigation to teach about the
"lost pedestrian villages" hidden within our communities--
settlements that may have included features like one room
school houses, churchs, cemeteries, blacksmith shops, mills.
The Valley Quest teacher's guide focuses on making Treasure
Hunts as part of a year-long curriculum exploring a community's
sense of place.
The first two are appropriate for 4th - 8th grade.
The latter best suited for elementary teachers.
The first two are $8 plus postage ($10 total)
The latter is $10 plus postage ($12 total)
They are available by sending a check made out to
Vital Communities
104 Railroad Row
White River Junction, VT 05001
(802) 291 - 9100
-----Original Message-----
From: Melissa Harvey [mailto:kiwi-1@snet.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 8:06 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Re: asking permission
I had to introduce several park, DEP and State Forest ,and Army corp
Engineers Reps to letterboxing the othernight. I sure was nervous
about leaving the right impression.
Carolyn,
You are so brave!! I wanted to ask for suggestions on who to ask
for permission. Our 5th graders at Salem have been working with the Old
State House to learn about their town. As a culminating activity for
the program, each child needs to come up with a project to show students
in Canterbury and Brooklyn, as well as other Salem students some aspect
of Salem history. The students are free to do absolutely anything
creative they come up with, so I through out the letterboxing idea to
one of our social studies teachers. I showed her the Valley Quest book
and explained how it all worked. She thought it was a fantastic idea,
and thought it would be really neat if our students could make their own
mini-quest book.
I introduced the idea to two of the classes today and got quite a
list of interested students. We have found several places, such as old
buildings, historic cemeteries, and parks that we would like to use, but
I would like to get permission to hide the box there before we get too
far. So, my question for you is, who would you go to to ask permission
to place a box in an historic cemetery, or on town land?
I am planning on using some of your ideas for convincing them as
well as the educational benefits given in the Valley Quest teacher's
guide.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Melissa
P.S. Trish and Butterfly are planning another vacation hike for April
break. We are going to Fisherville Brook in Exeter RI on Thursday April
18th around 10 if you and Timmy are interested. If we do both sides, we
will be able to find 6 boxes. Hope you can make it.
Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
ADVERTISEMENT
To unsubscribe: mailto:letterbox-usa-unsubscribe@egroups.com
List info, archives, etc: http://www.letterboxing.org/list.html
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.