[2010-2011]
Mansfield ISD fourth grade teachers and students from various campuses take their classrooms on the road to Austin with Education in Action’s “Proud to be Texan” experiential learning day program.
Students visit the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum and the Texas State Capitol and experienced what they are learning in fourth grade Texas History.
On the way to Austin students discuss why Texans are so proud of their unique heritage and participate in activities and games in preparation for their visit. In Austin the students visited the State Capitol where their legislators. Students see first-hand where Texas laws are made as they tour the State Capitol including the Senate and House of Representatives chambers.
Below are photos from the fourth grade visits from 2010-11 to date:
Thelma Jones Elementary - Tuesday, May 3
Imogene Gideon Elementary -
Tuesday, May 3
Janet Brockett Elementary -
Friday, February 25
Annette Perry Elementary -
Friday, December 3
Charlotte Anderson Elementary -
Friday, November 5
At the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum students explore exhibits about Texas’s earliest inhabitants, the Texas Revolution and events that created our Lone Star identity. The students’ visit to the museum concludes at the multi-sensory Texas Spirit Theater with the Star of Destiny where they see and experience the history of our great state including a gusher exploding from an East Texas oil derrick and the takeoff of Saturn V as seen from Mission Control at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston.
“Education in Action’s programs are based on the understanding that the most effective way for students to learn is through experience,” stated Jennifer Pasteur, Education in Action’s Executive Director. “Student activities during Education in Action’s ‘Proud to be Texan’ programs reinforce and supplement fourth grade Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills learning objectives with a focus on why Texans are so proud of their unique heritage.”
 Education in Action provides experiential learning travel programs for north central Texas classrooms making it easy for teachers to take their 3rd, 4th or 5th grade classrooms on organized, fun and meaningful site-based learning experiences. Education in Action handles all details, from round-trip charter bus transportation and program reservations, to a pre-program training session for all participating adults and TEKS-based program curriculum, so teachers can focus on their students and making connections between the experience and what students are learning in the classroom.
Education in Action is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to fostering educated and involved Texans. For more information about Education in Action or Education in Action’s programs, call 817-562-4957, email information@educationinaction.org or visit www.educationinaction.org.
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