Eighth Grade Field Trip
By Joslyn Schrank on February 21, 2018
Feb. 6, the eighth-grade class from Bridgewater-Emery went on a field trip to tour the state capitol, Cultural Heritage Museum and Archives and observe a legislative session. The class left around 6:45 a.m. and did not arrive home until around 6 p.m.
“It was a great learning experience. I had a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed learning about the early settlers in South Dakota,” eighth-grader Jared Vinz said.
Of course, everyone knows the state capitol is in Pierre, South Dakota, but not everyone knows some of the cool and interesting facts the students learned. One of the interesting facts about the capitol is that there were 66 artists who put a blue tile in the floor and only about 55 have been found.
“I really enjoyed the field trip. I thought it was very interesting how each artist put their own touch on the capitol floor by placing a blue tile somewhere in the capitol,” eighth-grader Sophia Robocker said.
The Cultural Heritage Museum and Archives is a museum which displays artifacts from the early settlers in South Dakota. It displays ways the Native Americans lived, rocks and minerals, early automobiles, native wildlife and early schools, churches and businesses.
“I really thought it was cool to join in on the legislative session and hear them pass and fail different laws,” eighth-grader Chloe Schmitt said.
The main job of the legislative branch is to make laws. The eighth-grade class joined in a legislative discussion where they discussed “Supporting Israel” and talked about declaring it as a true country, which was passed. They also discussed “The Terror Resolution” where they talked about spending lots of money on destroying terrorism, which failed. The class sat in on the session for about an hour and a half and still left before it was over.
“It was a great learning experience. I had a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed learning about the early settlers in South Dakota,” eighth-grader Jared Vinz said.
Of course, everyone knows the state capitol is in Pierre, South Dakota, but not everyone knows some of the cool and interesting facts the students learned. One of the interesting facts about the capitol is that there were 66 artists who put a blue tile in the floor and only about 55 have been found.
“I really enjoyed the field trip. I thought it was very interesting how each artist put their own touch on the capitol floor by placing a blue tile somewhere in the capitol,” eighth-grader Sophia Robocker said.
The Cultural Heritage Museum and Archives is a museum which displays artifacts from the early settlers in South Dakota. It displays ways the Native Americans lived, rocks and minerals, early automobiles, native wildlife and early schools, churches and businesses.
“I really thought it was cool to join in on the legislative session and hear them pass and fail different laws,” eighth-grader Chloe Schmitt said.
The main job of the legislative branch is to make laws. The eighth-grade class joined in a legislative discussion where they discussed “Supporting Israel” and talked about declaring it as a true country, which was passed. They also discussed “The Terror Resolution” where they talked about spending lots of money on destroying terrorism, which failed. The class sat in on the session for about an hour and a half and still left before it was over.