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Survey Results We have completed the participant survey and the results are in --
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2012-13 ABOX Presentations
Confratute 2012
2011-12 ABOX Presentations
Confratute, 2011
Alabama Association for Gifted Children handout
2010-11 ABOX Presentations
Confratute 2010
Kansas Association for the Gifted, Talented, and Creative
West Virginia Association for the Gifted
North Carolina Association for the Gifted
Florida Association for the Gifted
2009-10 ABOX Presentations
Confratute 2009
NC Social Studies Conference
WI Council for Social Studies
CO Council for Social Studies
Great Lakes Social Studies
Confratute 2009
MS Association for the Gifted
TN Association for the Gifted
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The spring exchange has ended and all boxes should have been returned to partners. We are in the process of revising the teachers guide and hopefully it will be completed for the fall exchange. If you have any suggestions send them to abox@schooltransformation.net. As indicated in the survey results we shared on the left side, we will continue to have two exchanges per year. The new registration materials will be ready by the end of May. The Artifact Box Exchange is a project to help students learn more about their city, state, and region in the context of a simulation that focuses on developing creativity and research skills. Each participating classroom spends several weeks in the fall or spring working with all available references to create a mystery box of artifacts representative of their city, state, and region based on 25 suggestions from the Artifact Box Teacher's Guide. Each class becomes expert on the history and nature of their towns and regions. They must also engage their creativity to display the clues to their area. The receiving classroom must solve the mystery box and identify the location of the sending classroom using research and reference skills.
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Identify the location....
The prior locations have been identified (see below), so we have posted a new one.
If you have a picture of some outstanding statue, historical marker, manmade attraction, natural structure, or another recognizable landmark that identifies a city or town, send it to me. If we use it, you will get a free registration.
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OLD Photos
Jennifer Bailiff correctly placed this statue in Great Barrington MA
Great Barrington, Massachusetts - Newsboy Fountain
This bronze-skinned waif stands proudly as the world's oldest newsboy statue. The monument was erected in 1895 by Colonel William L. Brown, who owned a summer home in the neighborhood and was part-owner of the first New York Daily News (no relation to the tabloid of today). The statue's base features fountainheads for dogs, cats, horses (lion's head) and people (devil's head).
The statue was restored in 1995, just months before a devastating tornado toppled trees all around it. But the Newsboy survived,and was honored on his 100th birthday in October, 1995. [Gary Leveille, 08/24/2008]
Newsboy Fountain:
Address: Maple Avenue, Great Barrington, MA
Directions: Route 7 to Route 23 West (Maple Avenue)
Carol Micke (Webb City, MO) correctly placed this statue in Ashmore, IL
Karen Grantham (Keller, TX) correctly placed this statue of Vulcan in Birmingham, AL
Leigh Stovall (Birmingham, AL) correctly placed these statues in Indianapolis
