First Grade History lessons

History lessons are being learned in Mrs. Hegg’s First Grade class at Clearbrook-Gonvick Elementary School. The students were given a name of a Historical Person. They each had to find information and get costumes for what character they represented. 

Each student had to stand beside their desks with their project and with their head down as if they were like wax figures. A  small token was placed on their desks and when the visitor to their room touched the token they were to come alive and begin their information about the historical character that they portrayed. Each first grade student then gave the information that they had memorized.

Following is a list of the students and their historical information.  

Erik Preuss: Captain Meriwether Lewis

I am Captain Meriwether Lewis.

I led the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

I drew maps of the area I explored.

I was an explorer, a soldier, a politician and a public administrator.

Harper Watne: 

Sacagawea

I am Sacagawea.

I am a famous guide and translator on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

I know what berries, roots and nuts are safe to eat on our journey.

I am honored on the United States Dollar Coin.

Wyatt Abel: 

Christopher Columbus

I am the explorer, Christopher Columbus

I am famous for leading the search for a direct water route across the Atlantic Ocean to Asia.

I made four voyages to the Caribbean Islands, South America and Central America.

I brought back many goods such as corn, potatoes, and tomatoes to Europe to grow new crops.

Gracie Petit: Josephine Diebitsch Peary

I am Josephine Peary.

I am an author and Arctic explorer.

I accompanied my husband on six Arctic Expeditions.

I gave birth to one of my children 13 degrees from the North Pole.

Lily Walberg: Nellie Bly

I am Nellie Bly, which is my pen name.

My real name is Elizabeth Jane Cochran Siaman.

I am the American journalist known for the record breaking trip around the world in 72 days.

My friends call me Pinky because I wear pink a lot!

 

Lyla Gerlofs: 

Annie Londonderry

I am Annie Londonderry.

I am famous for riding my bike around the world.

I had never ridden a bike until a few days before my trip.

I rode my bike while wearing a long skirt and a banner that represented my sponsor, Londonderry Lithia Spring Water.

 

Niah Knutson-Willett; Sally Ride

I am astronaut, Sally Ride.

I am famous for being the first women in space.

I wrote many children’s books.

I knew President Reagan.

 

Easton Anderson: 

Ferdinand Magellan

I am Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese Explorer.

I led the first circumnavigation of the earth.

I discovered the Magellanic Penguin.

I named the Pacific Ocean.

 

Ashten Churness: 

Daniel Boone

I am the famous frontiersman, Daniel Boone.

I wore a beaver hat not a coonskin hat.

I am most famous for discovering the trail through the Cumberland Gap that allowed pioneers to move westward.

My daughter and I were kidnapped by Shawnee Indians but I saved her and we escaped.

 

Leif Ericson

I am Leif Ericson.

I am a Viking Explorer.

I am famous for visiting North America about 500 years before Christopher Columbus.

I am from Iceland.

 

Brin Rude: Osa Johnson

I am Osa Johnson.

I am a popular film maker.

I made films about tribal groups.

My husband was an adventurer and a photographer.

 

Patch Rivkind: 

Neil Armstrong

I am Neil Armstrong.

I am famous for being the first person to walk on the moon.

I was also a college professor, engineer and a test pilot.

I earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

 

Elias Haugan: 

Charles Lindberg

I am Charles Lindberg.

I grew up on a farm by Little Falls, Minnesota.

I made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.

My plane was the Spirit of St. Louis.

I helped invent an early artificial heart.

 

Karli Dahlke: 

Harriet Chalmers Adams

I am Harriet Adams.

I am an American explorer, writer, photographer and speaker.

I am famous for writing 21 articles for the National Geographic that features my photographs as well.

The New York Times wrote that I was America’s Greatest Woman Explorer.

 

Charlie Walser: 

Marco Polo

I am Marco Polo.

I am a sailing merchant.

I am the first European to reach China and record my adventures in my book, “The Travels of Marco Polo.”

I can speak four different languages.