Field Trip to Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii (JCCH)

This might have been my favorite day all year. We walked, which made me proud of my students who are used to field trips on buses, and were greeted warmly at the JCCH.

I forwarded the student's research questions ahead of time ( http://padlet.com/wall/sfqz4f17x5lb) and Lloyd and his team of volunteers were able to put together INCREDIBLE primary and secondary resources, organized in piles with the students names on top. 

I was most touched that the students, after analyzing primary and secondary sources all year, understood the incredible value of the materials they had access too. They took pictures like crazy with their phones. Aaron said, "I wish we had had resources like this for the civil war unit." I told him we would have to move to the east coast for that.