Back to the 40's

The 40's... In my opinion, was a great time to be a woman in the United States. World War II opened the door to women entering the workforce and look at us now! Wroking our way up to closing the gap between the average salary between men and women. The 40's were also a time when a more sophisticated look emerged in fashion for women. Hello suit! Not only was the 40's the start of equal rights for women, but blacks were given the right to vote. "All men should be created equal" was finally begining to show its real meaning.

Might I add that there were some pretty amazing slang terms used in the 40's. My favorite has to be "amored heifer". What is that you ask? Well I will tell you... it means canned milk! And I might pay you a dollar if you go into a grocery store and ask for help finding the armored heifer, which btw could also FILL your gas tank in the 40's because gas was only 16 cents a gallon. Wouldn't that be nice?

The 40's weren't all about the good times though. There were some terrible things that happened: WWII, the bombing of Hiroshima and the attack at Pearl Harbor. Every decade had good things and bad things, but what is important is that from all of the events, we learn something. We learn how to better ourselves, not make the same mistakes twice.

To all the other decades...

Field Trip!

Who doesn't love field trips? Our class went to the Center for History and created a Field Trip book as well as a worksheet hile we were going through the exhibits. During the time of our visit, there was an exhibit which was all about the influence of nuns on the United Stated of America. In all of my time at school, I do not thin that they were ever really portrayed as having such an impact. This was such an interesting exhibit to me because it was something that I really was not aware of. I feel that teachers should try to teach about all things that deal with the development of the United States, not just the things that publishers have found important enough to include in textbooks.

In the lower area, there were all sorts of things that showed the settlement of the area, all the way up to popular toys from different decades. I found this imformation to be very interesting, and there were a lot of items displayed that I have seen before, and were able to make connections from. This might also be the case for students who visit for field trips.