History in the Making

November 20th was our school's annual "History Night". Our theme this year was "History in the Making" The event, person, invention, etc. had to have taken place in the last 60 years. Our family is currently deep in study of the Revolutionary War, so we had some thinking to do...

Garret chose to write on Legos. Lego, a Danish toy company was founded well before World War II. The name means "play well" in Danish. With the invention of plastic, Lego began manufacturing plastic toys, eventually copying an American style of blocks. The owner's son perfected the block style so that each piece fit perfectly with any other. There you have it. I wonder how many engineers today, used to play with Legos? By the way, in Latin the meaning of Lego is "put together". Good job Garret!

Twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonionsonasesameseedbun! Bret wrote his paper on McDonalds. A very interesting company, their "Speedee" service revolutionized the restaurant industry. A lot of Bret's information was very current - did you know that McDonalds will test over 1800 menu ideas to come up with one or two menu items! It's been while since we've had McDonalds, but Wade's been talking about Quarter Pounders the last few days! Good job Bret!

Here's a few of my favorites:

Munich Massacre - 1972 Olympics. We hear from a news reporter, Israeli Olympic Coach, Terrorist and a Sniper (Security Guard). The latter three let us know how they felt, their frustrations, and what moved them to action.

A compelling performance. A reenactment of a Post World War II court scene. A German is put on trial for war crimes, but we soon recognize he is not the only one to blame.

"The Angie Griffith Show"

In this episode Bonnie buys an old jalopy of a Model T. Ever so proud she decides to take the gang - Angie, Thelma Lou, Gomar, Opal, and Aunt Bee for a ride. Rachel stars as Opal and is responsible for telling us the history of the Model T.
Things don't go as expected! Thelma Lou steers, Bonnie pouts and the rest of the gang get out and push the old jalopy!

Bonnie discovers she was conned into buying a piece of junk! She thwarts the bad guys and saves the day!

We were privileged to hear other children talk about Ronald Reagan, Laura Bush, Neil Armstrong, and other characters and events in our not so long ago history.

We closed the evening with the hymn, "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past". A reminder of what history is, "His story".