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Seventh Graders Tour Archway Monument

by Marti Schlittenhardt

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Seventh grades pose for class photo at Archway Museum.

     The seventh grade students took a field trip to Kearney, NE, on Friday, November 22 to tour the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument.  They took a headphone tour of the display, and they were treated to a reinactment by an Indian woman, a session on Indian sign language, and a lesson on making a corncob doll.  

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Student listen at one of the group presentations.
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Student enjoying meal at the Arch.
After the sessions the students ate a meal of buffalo stew and cornbread.  After a visit to the gift shop the students boarded the bus for the trip home.  The Archway is a great symbol of the pioneer spirit and the Oregon Trail, which is studied in Kansas History.  It was a fun, informative trip.

Note:  For more photos of the event, use the "Photos" link on the left, and then click on "Seventh Grade Field Trip to Kearney."