Hello again!
The Regional Social Studies Fair judges were quite impressed again with Christopher's project about The Role of American Airborne Forces in the European Theatre of World War II. He took home another First Place ribbon (county and regional fairs now). He scored 100 out of 100 possible points. Wow! Next he moves on to the State Social Studies Fair on March 22nd. I'll let you know how well he does there.
We've already begun brainstorming potential topics for next year's Social Studies Fairs. Of course, they all have to do with World War II! Christopher's first thought has to do with World War II weaponry. We'd have to hone in on something a little more specific than that, because he could write dozens of pages on that subject, and that's too long for one of these events (at least for his age group). Another topic under consideration is the impact of the African theatre on the outcome of the war. We don't hear as much about the war in the African theatre, but it did contribute to the Allied victory in World War II. So he might explore that topic.
Christopher's still working on the new WWII Ships page for our website. He's been a tad busy with preparing for Social Studies Fairs, keeping up with his school work, and playing basketball. He's able to find a fair amount of information on some ships, but he struggles to find information on others. His grandfather served on the USS Metcalf, a Fletcher class destroyer. He's found lots of info on other ships in this class, but not much on the Metcalf. But he wants to include this particular ship in his article because it was his granddad's, and he lost his granddad to cancer last year. So if any veterans or historians out there have some info for him on the Metcalf, please let us know.
Don't forget to check-out our World War II for Kids website if you haven't already. A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into developing it... for you, our readers. Thanks for your continued support and interest. We'll look for something new and exciting to share with you in the weeks to come. Until then...
Keeping our love of WWII history alive...
marge@wwii4kids
2 comments:
Congrats to your son on his win! It is utterly refreshing to see your boys have such an interest in history - I hope that you can inspire other kids to do the same!
Bravo for you all!
I just found your website and love it! I have just begun homeschooling my 11 r old son and he really wants to learn about WWII. This site will be perfect!
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