Talmage is in the fourth grade this year and that means Idaho History. His teacher Mrs. Larson is fabulous and has been weaving Idaho History all through their curriculum in reading books, writing essays, memorizing poems, playing games and doing projects. They even designed their Valentine boxes this year as covered wagons. One of their projects was to self publish a book on an Idaho Hero. The project culminated in a special evening where they dressed up as their hero, displayed a diorama depicting a scene from their hero's life, gave an oral presentation and answered questions on their hero, and gave a reading of their book.
Talmage chose Chief Tendoy as his hero. Every year we go on a family camping trip up to Tendoy, Idaho. One of our stops is always to visit Chief Tendoy's grave. Talmage really enjoyed learning more about the man and the area that are special to us. Mom volunteered in the class as the students worked on their books, researching their heroes and eventually writing a short book about them.
Tal enjoyed building a Lego diorama depicting a scene where Chief Tendoy rescued some white man from a rogue band of Indians. He also helped mom design and fabricate his Indian headress. He was very proud to wear his father Kris's Indian style choker and show people rocks from the Copper Queen mine area where Chief Tendoy died. Tal did an excellent job with his book and project and we are so proud of him.
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