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ASHLEY TIDEY:
ON THE PROCESS
“It’s incredible to see how each
ninth grade class approaches
the individual and whole-class
art projects diffe ently—drawing
“The ruins of trenches, bunkers, and fortifications we e a on and developing the previous
class’s glory. The number
somber reminder of a conflict which is so far emoved that we of things to figu e out are
normally do not feel much emotion surrounding the struggle. staggering—what to do, where
to go, who to meet, how to
When people think about wars or tragedies that are outside of make meaningful ties, how best
to teach research practices in a
living memory, we consider them with much less feeling and way that makes sense to a 21st
emotion for the millions who died. Going to the battlefields century kid, how to pace and
finesse all of it. I love figuring all o
however, gives us a much closer link to the soldiers who died this out with the kids. The student
during the struggle, and one could really feel the history of the becomes the teacher, the teacher
the student. The more the young
draw on the beauty of what the
battles.” – Jacob Self ’20
previous classes have done
before, the stronger their projects
are, and the more ninth grade-
focused the culminating evening
event becomes.”
“TO KNOW PARIS IS TO KNOW A GREAT DEAL.” -Henry Miller

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