Sam Davis was a soldier who died in the Civil War, and the home he grew up in has been preserved. The people that run the property did a great job of mixing in fun fall activities for the kids with the history of the Civil War and Sam Davis. There were six activities and each first grade class would be at one of them during each time block. Carter's class did a hay ride to the cotton field first, a tour of the home, a tour of the museum, a lesson about toys the children played with in the mid-1800s, an interactive storytime by the creek telling "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", and pumpkin decorating last after picking out a pumpkin from the patch.
There were enough chaperones in Carter's class that we each had our kid and one friend to keep track of. Carter's buddy was Conner.
Conner, Carter, and Pierce on the hayride ...
We stopped in the cotton field and the kids each got to pick one piece of cotton.
Carter's class on the steps of the house ...
The boys seemed to have become great friends in this class (Judah, Daniel, Carter, Pierce, and Conner) ...
We had great weather for the field trip and enjoyed the beautiful property. The pumpkin patch was next to this old barn ...
Carter was very picky and found a perfect pumpkin ...
Then decorated it ...
Carter really enjoyed the field trip and I was really excited I was able to go. He even painted a huge painting all about the field trip. My "favorite" part is the upper left insert. During the museum tour, the kids got to watch a short film about Sam Davis. When the film explained that Sam Davis was hung after the Union found him guilty of being a spy, they showed a sort of reenactment focusing on the feet of someone after the trap door below them opened. The kids didn't seem to notice much but all the chaperones (and our teacher) looked at one another with huge eyes and an "did they just show that" expression. Apparently Carter did notice!
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