Hello KCBS,
We experienced a very interesting part of Texan history today when we went to visit the USS Texas and the exact location of a pivotal battle between the Texans and the Mexicans. It was a good day because it was a day about history, my favorite subject. Unfortunately, I had a slight headache because my nose was all stuffed up. So, this journal entry is not going to be very exciting, and I apologize for that!
OK, a little bit on the history about USS Texas:It is the last of the world's big-gun battleships designed and built at the beginning of the 20th century. She is also now the only surviving US naval ship that served in both World Wars. In World War I, she participated with the American squadron in maneuvers in the North Sea against threats from the German High Seas Fleet. In World War II, she provided support for the landing at Iwo Jima and also took part in the invasion of Okinawa later.
The tour guide for the group, Tim, was an awesome guide. He first took the kids down to a classroom inside the battleship for a game of "battleship". Using that game, he talked to the kids about the role of USS Texas during World War I. The kids enjoyed the game and of course, the students who represented the US won collectively as a group. After the game, the tour began. Tim took us through the upper deck and explained the different offensive and defensive weapons the Texas battleship had. The amazing part was when Tim took us below the deck to the different levels. Through the different sections, he took us through the lives of the sailors, the officers, the marines, and their daily routine involving eating, entertaining, and playing practical jokes on each other. We really got a very thorough tour of the battleship as Tim made history come alive!
The tour took longer than it should, so we had to have lunch before moving onto the next part. After lunch, the tour continued with the students learning how to send messages to each other using flags. Our kids did a wonderful job~ every word was correctly flagged and received by the other team. Awesome, kids! I thought the flagging was the last part, but Tim took us on a short hike to the battleground. He talked us through the history with the clothing from the time, and explained the weapons used during that time. The kids had a lot of fun posing for pictures with the different weapons. That was hilarious!
By the time we were finished, it was time for dinner. We went to Johnson Space Center to pick up the space camp kids before heading over to a Chinese/Japanese buffet restaurant. The kids were too tired, but they were very into the food. We had a whole section to ourselves and we hoarded a lot of food. We ate so much that the bus almost couldn't bring us back to the hotel and everybody's pants zippers and buttons popped.
If you think that was the end of the day, you would be wrong,the students still had to present their art project, and we still had a lesson on Mayan mathematics theory based on 20. I could not believe that the kids could keep going with the amount of sleep they had the night before. Under the circumstances, the kids did a good job! With that,good night!
Frankie
We experienced a very interesting part of Texan history today when we went to visit the USS Texas and the exact location of a pivotal battle between the Texans and the Mexicans. It was a good day because it was a day about history, my favorite subject. Unfortunately, I had a slight headache because my nose was all stuffed up. So, this journal entry is not going to be very exciting, and I apologize for that!
OK, a little bit on the history about USS Texas:It is the last of the world's big-gun battleships designed and built at the beginning of the 20th century. She is also now the only surviving US naval ship that served in both World Wars. In World War I, she participated with the American squadron in maneuvers in the North Sea against threats from the German High Seas Fleet. In World War II, she provided support for the landing at Iwo Jima and also took part in the invasion of Okinawa later.
The tour guide for the group, Tim, was an awesome guide. He first took the kids down to a classroom inside the battleship for a game of "battleship". Using that game, he talked to the kids about the role of USS Texas during World War I. The kids enjoyed the game and of course, the students who represented the US won collectively as a group. After the game, the tour began. Tim took us through the upper deck and explained the different offensive and defensive weapons the Texas battleship had. The amazing part was when Tim took us below the deck to the different levels. Through the different sections, he took us through the lives of the sailors, the officers, the marines, and their daily routine involving eating, entertaining, and playing practical jokes on each other. We really got a very thorough tour of the battleship as Tim made history come alive!
The tour took longer than it should, so we had to have lunch before moving onto the next part. After lunch, the tour continued with the students learning how to send messages to each other using flags. Our kids did a wonderful job~ every word was correctly flagged and received by the other team. Awesome, kids! I thought the flagging was the last part, but Tim took us on a short hike to the battleground. He talked us through the history with the clothing from the time, and explained the weapons used during that time. The kids had a lot of fun posing for pictures with the different weapons. That was hilarious!
By the time we were finished, it was time for dinner. We went to Johnson Space Center to pick up the space camp kids before heading over to a Chinese/Japanese buffet restaurant. The kids were too tired, but they were very into the food. We had a whole section to ourselves and we hoarded a lot of food. We ate so much that the bus almost couldn't bring us back to the hotel and everybody's pants zippers and buttons popped.
If you think that was the end of the day, you would be wrong,the students still had to present their art project, and we still had a lesson on Mayan mathematics theory based on 20. I could not believe that the kids could keep going with the amount of sleep they had the night before. Under the circumstances, the kids did a good job! With that,good night!
Frankie
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