Saturday, June 20, 2009

May13 Time Travel at Eketorp, Southern Oland, 425AD


We were joined by learners, 9 and 10 years old. Ingemo had driven us early that morning.
Scenario:
In the iron age,Oland was central area in the southern part of the Baltic Sea. In the biggest house in the above fort, chieftain Frarad lives with his wife Gudrun. The island was attacked. Many people flee their farms to seek refuge at the fort. The chief is the one to decide who will stay. Battle continues.
The children came from farms nearby. The visitors, us from Sheppie, Uganda and Nicarangua are people from the continent with experiences from big cities like Rome.Activities included: preparing food,blacksmith work, archery, practice with weapon , building.
Evaulation
The TT was most enjoyable and the children were good participants, well prepared. Again, the concept and participating in actual TT helps prepare us for our TT in Port Shepstone in October. TT is part of the curriculum and activity of the schools in Oland and Kalmer. This needs to be incorporated in our curriculum.
Lunch was at a restaurant, most southern tip of the Oland. On our return, we stopped to view graves from different periods in history. Well preserved. A quick stop at a small village at 5pm for passport photos. An opportunity otherwise that would not have expereinced, had it not being for this project. We were priviledged to be selected.

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