Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Today we stayed on campus to present what we learned throughout the week to the fourth grade classes here at MFS. Since they will be going to Camp Ockanickon in April, we wanted to give them an idea of what their experience would be like. In the process, we also gave the fourth graders a...
Continue readingA discussion of aggression, a personality inventory, a list of possible college courses for prison populations, and chocolate chip pancakes were followed by an assessment of learning over the course of the week. Bon appetit!...
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In spite of the cold the tour of Fort Mifflin revealed much about the life in a Civil War military prison. Some prison issues such as overcrowding and resources remain; a military prison presents unique problems in its treatment of traitors and prisoners of war. Back at school we prepared questions for our guest...
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Day Four Our group spent the day on campus due to some particularly strong winds and cold temperatures. In the morning, we broke into four groups and each created a video relating to the myth of the Jersey Devil. The legend says that Mother Leeds was pregnant with her 13th child. Frustrated with so...
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Today, the Service in Camden group went back to The Neighborhood Center to finish some projects and begin some new ones. We pulled roots out of garden beds, created garden beds, scrubbed some chairs for kids to use, cleaned chairs and tables for neighbors to eat from, organized books to be ready to go...
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