New Almaden Quicksilver Mine

Today we went on a field trip to the New Almaden Quicksilver Mine Museum. We learned about life in the 1800s and even walked on a brick sidewalk put there for the miners' schoolchildren.

What do you think life was like for children back then? What challenges do you face that they did not? How was life harder and easier for them? What do you think they might have worried about? What might they think of our class learning about their lives in a museum? Can you imagine what school children might be learning about YOU 110 years from now? What would you want children of the future to know about?

By the Great Horn Spoon!

Jack and Praiseworthy are on an adventure. Answer one of these questions thoroughly (be sure to make clear which question you are answering), meaningfully respond to at least one other post and remember to edit your work!

Your posts are part of your grade so work carefully and do you best!

1. Why would someone want to be a stowaway?
2. If your ship became becalmed, what might you do?
3. Describe what you might see if you were sitting in the crow's nest of the Lady Wilma.
4. In a letter home, Jack states that although he isn't in school, he is learning every day. What is Jack learning on the Lady Wilma?