Students at Kent Primary School recently took part in a fourth-grade tradition of learning about American history through a Living History program taught by three Carmel educators.
Rob Buccheri, Keith Reilly and Denise Santalis all teach in the Carmel School District and are master teachers for the Living History Education Foundation. Every year, they get together to teach kids about colonial times in a unique way at each of Carmel’s three elementary schools.
“One way to learn history is living it,” explained Santalis, who is a reading teacher at George Fisher Middle School. “Thirty years from now, they’re going to remember this awesome experience.”
Under the direction of the teachers, the students − wearing colonial uniforms − pitched a tent on the front lawn of the school on Route 52 and later posed for a photo in the tent.
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This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Kent Primary School learns American history at Living History Day
Reporting by Frank Becerra Jr., Rockland/Westchester Journal News / Rockland/Westchester Journal News
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