March 5, 2005: Headlines: The Third Goal: Idaho Statesman: A second-grade class at Washington Elementary School made a world map with help from Treasure Valley residents who have returned from service as Peace Corps volunteers
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March 5, 2005: Headlines: The Third Goal: Idaho Statesman: A second-grade class at Washington Elementary School made a world map with help from Treasure Valley residents who have returned from service as Peace Corps volunteers
A second-grade class at Washington Elementary School made a world map with help from Treasure Valley residents who have returned from service as Peace Corps volunteers
A second-grade class at Washington Elementary School made a world map with help from Treasure Valley residents who have returned from service as Peace Corps volunteers
Peace Corps volunteers show grade-schoolers the world
Caption: Walter Kaiser, a returned Peace Corps volunteer, guides a group of Washington Elementary School second-grade students who are painting a world map Friday in Boise. The children are, from left, Shelbi Barton, 8, Harper Poole, 8, and Sumner Pitt, 7. Photos by Koju Kimura / The Idaho Statesman
Chereen Langrill
The Idaho Statesman | Edition Date: 03-05-2005
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Seven-year-old Sadie Ranck got a better look at the world Friday when she spent an afternoon with a group of Peace Corps volunteers in Boise.
"The Peace Corps got to visit us today, and that was really exciting," Sadie said.
Sadie's second-grade class at Washington Elementary School made a world map with help from Treasure Valley residents who have returned from service as Peace Corps volunteers. A sixth-grade class at the school also worked on the map project.
The visit was part of Peace Corps Week in Boise. The weeklong observance honors more than 1,000 Idaho residents who have served as Peace Corps volunteers. Returned volunteer Lila Cabrera served from 1991 to 1994. The volunteers included Scott VanKleek's second-grade class in the project because Cabrera's 8-year-old son, Daniel Snyderman, is one of VanKleek's students.
Several volunteers visited the class Friday. The volunteers had served in Senegal, Bolivia, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Thailand and Morocco. Students divided their time between the map-making project and watching a video highlighting the experiences of Peace Corps volunteers.
Last year, volunteers met with fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students at Washington Elementary.
"What I try to do is connect classrooms with volunteers; then the students get a whole multicultural experience," Cabrera said.
Kids assembled pieces of the map the way they'd work a puzzle. Then the map was placed on a large board where students painted each country.
Daniel Snyderman painted Brazil pink.
"I like the opportunity to actually find out which pieces go where and find out about different continents," Daniel said.
When the map is finished, it will be donated to Mary McLaughlin's sixth-grade class because students are studying the continents. McLaughlin's class worked with volunteers Tuesday.
Sadie liked watching the video and learning about customs in the Dominican Republic, where girls have a special celebration when they turn 15.
Luke Radice, 7, said he loved assembling the puzzles, painting and watching the video.
"I basically loved everything," Luke said.
VanKleek said the experience gave the students a bigger picture of the world. "It's nice for them to see other cultures and get an idea of how other people lived," he said.
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