Shooting+at+the+Stars+Reinforcing+Activity

In order to reinforce the concept of using letters to learn about the past, I would have the students write a letter, or draw pictures, addressed to the class that describes something that happened to them in the past. This will be an event that has taught them something. To do this I would model how to structure a letter and would have children copy what I am doing from the board. I would begin with “dear class” and then scaffold their writing further by helping them structure the body of the letter. For example, “when I was ___ I went to ____ with______. My favorite part was ____. I learned ____” For advanced students I would make them use more writing and for students that may struggle I would encourage the use of pictures.
 * Reinforcement activity:**

Economics: since the book discusses trading between soldiers Government: civic participation
 * Other strands:**

Tags (keywords and concepts):
 * Truce
 * Allies
 * War
 * Letters
 * Primary source
 * Trading