24th Michigan
Members of the 24th Michigan display the Christmas scene they built with their cans. They won Best of Show for Creativity for this display. They also won First Place for number of cans collected and Best Use of Color.
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The 8th Graders gathered one of the largest amounts of cans ever collected by one organization for the Libby Food Pantry.
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69th Pennsylvania
The 69th Pennsylvania built a Christmas tree. They won First Place for “Teamwork” and for "Judge's Favorite".
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20th Maine Regiment
20th Maine Regiment
Students of the 20th Maine Regiment put the finishing touches on “Little Round Top Stadium.” They won the award for “Best Constructed Paragraph” and 2nd Place for Judge's Favorite.
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57th Virginia
Members of the 57th Virginia finish their gingerbread house.
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Kootenai Valley Record
This story appeared in the Monday, December 24, 2007 edition of the Kootenai Valley Record.
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8th Graders use history theme to collect food for Libby Food Pantry
Social Studies class uses Battle of Gettysburg for creative competition
by Kootenai Valley Record
December 26, 2007
Eighth-graders at Libby Middle School collected nearly 4,000 non-perishable food items for the Libby Food Pantry during a recent Civil War regiment competition.
Students in the six regiments – 20th Maine, 57th Virginia, 24th Michigan, 15th Alabama, 26th North Carolina, and 69th Pennsylvania – started bringing in a few cans from home. As the competition grew, the students began to find more creative ways to collect food, including going door-to-door and asking for donations from customers at the grocery store.
In the end, they collected an average of 33 items per student, with enough cans to allow an additional competition to see which regiment could build the best structure with all its cans.
Regimental leaders were in charge of organizing their units for can collection and building the structures. The structures were built during a two-hour period. Regiments also competed for points in the areas of most cans, most creative structure, most colorful, best team cooperation and best written paragraph. Their paragraph needed to describe the structure and how they came up with the idea.
Starting as a competition, the students have realized that there were no losers in the battle. As a team of North and South, they gathered one of the largest amounts of cans ever collected by one organization for the Libby Food Pantry, a total of 3,876 items of non-perishable food.
“This experience has surpassed all expectations,” said teacher Leslie Crooks, advisor for the eighth-grade student input committee. “All of us believe that what this group of eighth-graders accomplished, in such a short time, is only a sign of what they can accomplish individually and together in the future.”
AWARDS:
BEST OF SHOW (Creativity)
24th Michigan
Regiment Leader: Dylan Berget
Design: Fireplace
JUDGE’S FAVORITE
First place
69th Pennsylvania
Regiment Leader: Dusty Deans
Design: Christmas Tree and Packages
Second place
20th Maine Regiment
Leader: Chase Hoyer
CANstruction Leader: Allie Voorhies
Design: Little Round Top Stadium
Third place
26th North Carolina
Regiment Leader: Robin Kyes
Design: American Flag
TEAMWORK
1. 69th Pennsylvania
2. 20th Maine
3. 24th Michigan
4. 15th Alabama
5. 26th North Carolina
6. 57th Virginia
CANS COLLECTED
1. 24th Michigan
2. 20th Maine
3. 15th Alabama
4. 26th North Carolina
5. 69th Pennsylvania
6. 57th Virginia
BEST USE OF COLOR
24th Michigan
BEST CONSTRUCTED PARAGRAPH
20th Maine
Please see the December 24, 2007 edition of the Kootenai Valley Record for the printed version of this story.
Photos by Kootenai Valley Record
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Editor’s Note: The Battle of Gettysburg is frequently cited as the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War. It took place between July 1 and July 3, 1863, fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign. Between 46,000 and 51,000 Americans were casualties in the bloody three-day battle.
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