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I think Plymouth will be a very interesting experience to see what it was like in a day of a Pilgrim’s life.  I think that what I would expect to see will be different from what it is really like.  For instance we have seen a few pictures but really I think it will be different from what I saw in the picture.  Also when you read books about the Pilgrims you are imagining what you thought it looked liked but you are imagining what you thought looked liked by the way they describe it.  When at Plymouth they have done so much research that the way they dress talk and so on, I think will be very accurate and I would like to see what they do.
I do not really know what to think they are going to do but what they do will probably play a big part in my final project.   What a day as a Pilgrim was liked because I would like to know and it would help me in my project.

From around January 2007 to March 2007, fourth grade students in Edinger house at the Dalton School, studied forced immigration.  We read Ms. Edinger’s book about Sarah Margru Kinson and how she was brought into slavery and got out. We saw artifacts such as dolls, clothing, jewelry, and instruments that a boy in our class brought in from Mali.  Ms. Edinger presented on Sierra Leone and showed us an Olaudah Equiano slide show.
Also, poet Natasha Tretheway came in for workshops where we wrote a class poem from the point of view of the slaves that described how they might have felt. After each of us wrote our own poem about a slave, Natasha Tretheway came in again for a workshop and each of us read our poems to her in front of the class.
We study forced immigration because it is an important event in history that we should know about.  We have been studying immigration all year and it is part of our curriculum.  Forced Immigration is a very interesting subject to learn about. A boy said, “My favorite part was when a classmate of ours brought in artifacts from Mali.”  If you don’t know much about forced immigration, I suggest you read a little about it.