ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS
15
LEH IN TrIE CIVIL WAR
When Lee found that the war was
to start.
He ljurried back to the South to
do his parto
And to the Conf ederates rollefo
He accepted the place as com-'
mander-ln-chief,
The first battle at Port S-umter
was fought.
And the Confederates a victory >
di.Qdld wrought*
With Lee at the Confederates head.
The South's fame had led.
Till tli6 battle of Bu.ll Run,
Then the Pederuls h^-.d
The Confederates 'tried Rlchinond
to hold,
For that was the Union^s goal.
Finally the Confederates were
forced from Rlchmwond to floe.
And the Northerner took It with
glee.
Lat'fir the surrender was given by
Lee.
Then the slaves were set free,
Maude Lewis
Grade V
THE CIVIL WAR
Christine Blssotte
For the past few weeks the
Seventh Grade has been studying
the Civil War,
As a result of Oiir study, much
knowledge has been gained, and
many things have been uade„
Among the thing made were:
Civil War booklets, maps showing
slave and free states, lives of"^
Soiithern leaders, original poems,
a colored doll, dres:-:!ed as mammy’
unpublished folk stories of Civil
War period, and last but not
least, conferdorate flags. In tlic
flag making, they were not all
Betsy Rosses (shes) but Henry
Rosses (his) as well, for it was-
n*t unusual to pass by and see our
boys sev/lng. One boy even brought
hi 3 F o w1ng b ox,
We have had outside encourage-
mont from sumo who had heard of
ou.r work„ Am'.ng them were Mrs,
Howard Farmer, brought us a
real confedorato flag. Clara Jean
Stone from vhe Fifth Grade who
lent U3 to ton-dollar bills in
Corfodorate money, and Miss Fer
ro 11 -school Lil.ra;c'lan, who helped
uo to ].ccate pictures and refer
ence materials,
'AOion v/e hr.vo finished our unit
Mrs, May is planning to take some
I pietures of us with the things wo
I have made,
We will coTiiplete our study with
tlic memorizacicii, cf Linoolnis
Getty^Jburg Address,
Miss Strickl-:'.nd''3 Second Grade
Wo h:..70 beoh cutting out Easter
eggs .''aia baiikets. We made our
baskers black. We cut out rod, yel
low, and blue eg^s, We had lots of
fun making them,, Miss Strickland
put the best ones on our bulletin
ooara,j Loster Pace drew some pretty
rabbits and Easter oggs by himself.
V/o think ho is going to bo an art
ist ,
Our grade mothers are going to
take us to V/ilson soon. Wo will
sing over the radio for thirteen
minut^-s, Wohope a],l our friends '■ ,
will listen in.,
Our attendance la bettor now
than it has been. Wo had 100,^
Friday,, T.ao girls had 100?^ several
days during the fifth month.
Wo have two new games for our
room. One is ten pins and the
cthor is table tennis „ ’"o have a
good time plt'.ying v/ith them on
rainy days.
_^Roiiialne Edwards, Mavis Stone,
and Wiina Bunn h'-.vo been on the
honor roll three times this year,
Joyce Williams and Sam Brantley
have been on it twice.
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