How do you hope to use it as a teaching moment?
We are studying early American history this year, and I have a vague hope that later on, when we get to the presidencies of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson, we'll be able to tie back to having watched the swearing-in of the current president. I hope it makes the stories of those early presidents more real. And if the inaugural address is well-crafted and well-delivered -- certainly we've been led to expect a great speech -- perhaps it'll lend itself to studying alongside those inaugural addresses made to a newborn United States.
We'll be watching it. I'm hoping it will act as a springboard to either good conversation or a full-fledged project on the presidency. Then again, their eyes could glaze over as they count the minutes until they can play video games. :-\
Posted by: Valerie | 20 January 2009 at 07:30 AM
My children and I will be praying the rosary for the sanctity of life at the time of the inauguration.
Posted by: Monica | 20 January 2009 at 10:12 AM