Apr. 26, 2008
May 2008 events - and history!
Two things are coming up in May for the Guam Home Schoolers. There will be a field trip to Foremost Dairy. This should be interesting, and I hear there will be a treat afterward. The date for this field trip is May 8 at 10:30 AM. Pre-registration is necessary as there is limited space on the tour and there are some specific requirements. Please contact Liz Perez (contact info below) for more.
UPDATE: This time slot is full so a tentative date of May 6th at 10:30 has been arranged for those who still want to join.
Our annual Curriculum Fair is coming soon, and group coordinator Liz Perez tells us that she found a venue and a date. Updates will be posted as I get more information.
The Guam Homeschoolers Curriculum Fair will be on May 24, from 9AM to 3PM. It will be at the Agana Heights Community Center. Thanks to Mayor Paul McDonald and his helpful staff.
Ms. Perez informs us that participants will need to bring tables and chairs. Volunteers are also needed for set up and clean up. Young adults can man the *for sale* table. There are other volunteer positions available and jobs to do! Please call Ms. Perez for information.
Liz Perez
671-472-3053
jalperez@guam.net
The Curriculum Fair is a big event. It is not only for home schoolers. It is an opportunity for the Guam Homeschoolers to share their resources and knowledge with the community. If you know anyone who is interested in home schooling on Guam, this is a perfect event to introduce them to the possibilities and to the people.
There will be new and used curriculum materials for sale as well as samples of other complete curricula that are available. There will be used books and other educational materials for sale.
The curriculum fair is a great way for families to work and serve together. It is an opportunity to encourage others and to look over your own options.
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What else? Yesterday evening, I was walking along the beach in Anigua with my small children and I realized that my house is on a WWII battlefield. Literally. Now, that's historical.
Guam is the only American soil to be occupied by an invading army since 1812. The Japanese took Guam in the 40’s. The subsequent American invasion in 1944 landed on the beaches very close to my house. Adelup is a five-minute walk from my house and it is adjacent to one of the main invasion beaches at Asan.
In the other direction along the beach lies Paseo, a kind of park that juts out into the ocean. Paseo is not natural land. It was made from the bulldozed wreckage of the city of Hagatna (Agana). The pre-invasion bombing of Hagatna wrecked the entire city. After the fighting, the rubble was pushed into the sea. Now Japanese professional baseball teams conduct spring training at the Paseo baseball field which rests on this site.
My own house, which I rent, lies directly between these two historical sites. It would be hard for me to believe that there were no firefights, skirmishes or bombing on my little stretch of beach and even in my yard. It was, after all, World War II. I really do live on a battlefield.
Every one of us is close to very real history. I just happen to be situated where the available local history was a turning point in world events; you know, the kind you read about in history books. How many Americans can say they live on a WWII battlefield in America?
Not all of history is wars and major turning points. The lives of the people who lived—that’s history. If you can get children to stop and think about this, it can be fascinating for them. Right here, on this spot, hundreds of years ago, even thousands of years ago, people were living and working.
How did they dress, what were they thinking about? What worried them at night? What did they pray for? What did the children look forward to? What did the teenagers talk about? What did they eat, and how did they prepare it? These were people just like you and me, but they had very different lives because they lived in different times.
If you can make history real, it is easy to be interested. Unfortunately, my kids seem to take this proximity to history for granted. I am fascinated with every aspect of it; they are more interested in video games. They are aware of their historical surroundings, even knowledgeable, but they are just not as intrigued as I am. Maybe when they are adults, they will remember my enthusiasm for reveling in history and then they will look at it with their own eyes.
Life-long learning; that’s what I am all about. Maybe you are too. Did you learn something you did not know?
 Marines on Guam move up behind M4 Sherman tank, July 1944.
 Two officers plant the American flag with a boat hook mast on Guam, eight minutes after Marines and Army units landed. 20 July 1944.
The above images were retrieved on April 26, 2008, from http://www.olive-drab.com/od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1944marianas_guam.php |
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