For the 2010-2011 school year, I took a history class through the
school district. For attending all of the classes, I was able to be in the
Teacher Institute at Colonial Williamsburg!
Besides a week at Colonial Williamsburg, we also went to Jamestown, and Yorktown!
It's so fun to go on trips that are paid for!
I was also here with the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge in 2005.
None of the new things at Jamestown were here. They were not digging by the
John Smith statue then.
We spent one day at Jamestown & Yorktown, and one at Colonial Williamsburg.
JAMESTOWN
The 1st permanent English settlement in America
est. 1607
(A big celebration took place 4 years ago...marking the 400th anniversary)
We went here the third day of the institute.
I decided to keep the three towns separate.
(This part was not here when I came before in 2005!)
Cool fountain
Replica of the Jamestown "totem poles"
Colonial huts
Inside a hut
Making rope (Mrs. Wiser, on the left, was my roommate on the trip. She taught
5th grade at Alpine Elementary for 8 years...and was a member of the
Mormon Tabernacle Choir!)
Our rope
Preparing food in Jamestown
(Didn't know "Carrot Top" was there!)
Replica of the Susan Constant the ship that brought the first English settlers
Replicas of the village
Check out the helmets!
Inside the church
Demonstrating how to fire the gun
This is the a church that was built in the late 1600s.
The James River and Jamestown were named after
King James...the same king who is the
Holy Bible...King James Version
(Which is 400 years old this year!)
This is part of the Jamestown "dig." Archaeologists are uncovering many artifacts of the
original Jamestown.
This statue is the back of John Smith!
This church, built in the late 1600s, was built over the first church that was
built around 1609, after Jamestown was established.
Inside the church, you can look down and see some of the original church!
I loved walking where John Smith and Pocahontas walked!
WILLIAMSBURG
So...I put "To Be Continued . . ."
Well, now it's July 30, 2014...3 years later!
I forgot I didn't finish this post!!!
I found my Facebook pictures, and put them in a folder.
When I started to upload, it went FAST...not the usual slow speed.
At least the pictures are here.
I may try to put them in order, or just describe them...another day!
This is the Williamsburg Inn
I thought we were staying here...the most expensive place!
There were two doormen, dressed like Colonial men, opening
the doors every time someone arrived or left.
I really got used to that!
But, we just had to wait here until our houses were ready.
Waiting in the lobby of the Williamsburg Inn.
Loved this funky bookcase in the lobby!
Most of our group stayed right in Colonial Williamsburg
on their main street.
About 8 of us stayed in a colonial house, just outside.
Walking in to Colonial Williamsburg
Analee and I on the main street of Colonial Williamsburg,
"Duke of Gloucester" street
Yes, folks...this is truly Colonial Williamsburg!
First lunch. Crab sandwich...except, check out the crab legs!
Bleh
We had classes in the basement of a building in
Colonial Williamsburg
Debating for independence from England
Of course, a grand portrait of King George III
Courthouse
King George III original throne
Janice...mmmm hummmm
The government met here
This is the "Bruton Parish" Episcopal Church.
It was established in 1674.
You had to climb the stairs to the pulpit.
Above the pulpit, was the "sounding board."
It was placed above the pulpit, so it would reflect the
speaker's voice forward so the congregation could hear.
Baptismal Font . . . the "sprinkling" of babies took place in these.
This is where the "Royal Governor" sat when he attended church services.
Families paid for their "box pew" to sit in.
And, their name would be on it.
Inside the "pew box."
Don't think you could lay down and rest, and think you wouldn't be seen!
The pulpit was high enough above the congregation, that the
minister could not only see you, but would call you out on it!
Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Yards
Learning to play with the steel hoops.
Lunch at Chowning's Tavern
We were taught by General George Washington
Yup. Me and General George Washington.
. . . and Patrick Henry.
Seriously???
Analee always looked great . . . even in the pillories!!!
This is how being in a pillory makes you feel!
When we were in Williamsburg, it was EXTREMELY hot and humid!
The temperatures, with the "dew point" index, reached 124!
They also had a tornado while we were there!
We were in our colonial house. I figured if the house had been standing
almost 400 years, we'd be ok!
We were walking to the Governor's Palace.
You could see the humidity!!!
Entering the Governor's Palace
Crossed sabres inside the foyer
I was soooo excited to see the foyer of the Governor's Palace again!
I had been there in 2005 with "Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge."
In 2005, the ceiling had bayonets encircling the ceiling! Loved it!!!
In 2011...gone.
In finding out more information, the encircled bayonets did not exist.
Sad.
Bottle collections
Baby cradle
Bed the baby's nanny slept in
Queen's bed
Music Room
King George III portrait
King George III loves himself!
Queen Charlotte...wife of King George III
Harpsicord
When I was here before, we attended a harpsicord recital.
One night, we went back to the palace. It was only open for the
Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute participants.
We were taught many Colonial dances, and had a recital.
In Colonial times, the brighter the paint, the wealthier the owner!
(I learned this at Mount Vernon)
Check out the doorway and the coat of arms!
More rooms in the Palace
Check out the color
The Original Ghosts of Williamsburg Candlelight Tour.
Yorktown
Drying the tobacco leaves.
Learning how to drill
Laundry
Dentist
And we even had classwork!
Special lecturer.
Dressing our class . . . into classes of people.
Are we surprised Analee was the highest classed woman
in Colonial America?
Frank and Analee (and Bill)
Who knew there was a popular beach nearby?
Yorktown Beach . . . on the York River at Virginia Peninsula.
Surrender site at Yorktown
Soooo humid!!!
I wish I had completed this post right after the trip!
These people were our instructors and interns for the
Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute.
(featuring 57 hours of instruction)
The tall man in blue on the back row is Bill.
I heard about him from Alisha Mitchell and Natalie Crockett before I ever went!
He was just as boring as they said!!!
Monotone is his middle name!!!
The man in the orange shirt is Thom Adorney.
He was our teacher coordinator.
The lady in the white tank top is Janice.
She was GREAT!!!
After just about everything she taught, was followed by . . .
ummmm hummmm!
I absolutely adored the lady in green!!!
She would drive me and Kindra when there was a
long distance!
Who knows? Maybe my foot was starting to break back then!!!
I sent her a book when I came home...
"Seven Miracles That Saved America."
Here is our entire group of teachers!
There were two groups of Alpine teachers going. The group that went in June,
had only Alpine District Teachers.
We went in July, and there were about 10 of us.
I love meeting teachers from all over the country!!!
Then, you connect on Facebook, and keep in touch.
Row 1: ? ? Clara Southerland (Oklahoma) Debbie Mullinaux (Alpine), Mendy Powers-Haef (Iowa), Kindra Reid (Alpine)
Row 2: ? ? Analee Wiser (Alpine), ? ? Sara Hacken (Alpine...our district teacher)
Row 3: Michelle McClain (Alpine), Briar Smith (Alabama), Maggie Beason, Beverly Blackmon (Alabama), Ashley Snell (Texas), Me (Alpine)
Row 4: Frank Lammars (Wisconsin), ? Tina Lupo-Cobb (Iowa), Larissa Boettreger (Iowa), Tonya Denning (Alpine), Melanie Oviatt (Alpine), ? (South Carolina) Thom Adorney (Colorado)
Wish I had completed the names when I first got home!
(I have tons of pics from my first trip there. They were made into a bulletin board)
