Chasing Vermeer Links

Today we are going to use this link to deepen our experience with the book.

Our Field Trip by Hannah J, Haley J, and Molly A

 Our class is looking at a dam off of a balcony. The dam was built in the same year as the mill. It has been there since 1839.

In this photo we are all looking at the mill and how it worked in that time. This is a replica of the mill itself. There was a man speaking about the mill.  

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In the back of the photo you see a building that says Roswell Mill it was the acutual mill but closed down and got rebuilt. Now the mill is an office building. We had to be quiet because people were working.

In this photo Jake is reading a sign telling about the Roswell Mill. The sign told what each floor was and how it worked. A lady also told us about the mill.

Roswell Mill Field Trip by Paul & Justin

 This is our class looking at a dam on Vickerys Creek.  This dam was built for the first mill in 1839.  The dam allowed the mill to be running or not running.

 This is our class watching a video about the history of Roswell. The video showed us about the Cherokee Indians before Roswell was established. It also showed us what Roswell was like after it was established.

 This is our class learning some facts about the Roswell Mill on a small model. It is telling us the sequence of the mill operations. The model was very intresting to look at the spinning.

This is our class after lunch, by Vickery's Creek. The creek had a lot of rapids. All of us enjoyed looking at the creek. 

Mrs Coffsky and Schwartz's Field Trip By Hannah Ripans, Samantha Krinsky, and Erica Rubin

                        We are smiling after eating lunch. The lunch was very yummy. The field trip was fun. It was veery cool. we wish we could go back there.

 

Jake and Paul looking at infomation about the mill and how it worked. People worked in the mill from 5 in the morning to 7 at night. Poeple who worked at the mill also workwed 5 and a half days a week. It also showed a map f the mill and the different levels.

In the dam we saw it was very pretty. We could feel the mist hit us because the water was so POWERFUL!!!!! It was very cool to see how the dam worked. It was really fun! It was also EXTREMELY pretty!

We are looking at a miniature model of the Roswell Mill. We clicked a button and we heard a person talking about the mill. The water was flowing to show us how the mill worked and it was very interesting. After that we took a little walk to the mill, and we stopped to read signes. We saw the old mill apartments and people still live in there.

At our field trip to the Roswell Mill, we saw some very cool things. We watched a movie on how Roswell began. Roswell started with the Cherokees. It was named after Roswell King. Roswell King thought it would be a good place to be and he also started the mill in 1839.

our field trip to Roswell Mill by Jake and David

In this picture we are standing in front of the old Roswell Mill, that closed in 1975, and now it is an office building. We had to be very quiet because now there are people working in it.

Here we are standing in front of the model of the mill. It told us how it worked, and showed us what it looked like. It also told us how long the workers worked for.

Here Hannah, Erica and Mollie are looking at an 8 year old girl who worked 5 and a half days a week, sun up to sun down.   

Over here we are watching a little movie about how Roswell King saw Vickeres Creek and thought it would be a good place for a mill. It also told how he kicked out the Cherokee Indians out.

Homework!

We know that Hannalee is strong willed and very independent.  Think about what you would do if you were in her situation.  What would you do similarly?  What would you do differently?  Are there things that you admire her for?  Explain what it would have been like if YOU were forced out of your home, moved thousands of miles away from your family, and left without anyone you knew?

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