Atlantis Charter School Modeling
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I teach sixth grade social studies in a very low income school district (like two minutes from the USS Massachusetts!) during the year I sprinkle in some military history - wwii, Vietnam, and the war on terror mostly.
This year I thought it would be fun if we built some Huey helicopters while we studied Vietnam.
We cranked out two Hueys before school (took a few weeks) and the kids were hooked. Next thing I know my room is full of M41s and Pt boats, battleships and APCs. I literally have over twenty kids who are dying to build models now.
Supplies are running very low here and some of the more advanced kids would love to get into weathering and aging. Parents foot the bill for the models but I’ve been the one buying all the paint, brushes, glue, putty, etc.
So what I am asking all you Grumps is if anyone has extra modeling supplies that they don’t need (or kits you know you’ll never get to). We will literally take anything from fine point brushes, glue, enamel or acrylic paint, or any weathering in pigments.
In another month or so we are going to be starting the European theater and I know the kids are going to want to make some German armor… But we just don’t have the supplies to do it well....
This year I thought it would be fun if we built some Huey helicopters while we studied Vietnam.
We cranked out two Hueys before school (took a few weeks) and the kids were hooked. Next thing I know my room is full of M41s and Pt boats, battleships and APCs. I literally have over twenty kids who are dying to build models now.
Supplies are running very low here and some of the more advanced kids would love to get into weathering and aging. Parents foot the bill for the models but I’ve been the one buying all the paint, brushes, glue, putty, etc.
So what I am asking all you Grumps is if anyone has extra modeling supplies that they don’t need (or kits you know you’ll never get to). We will literally take anything from fine point brushes, glue, enamel or acrylic paint, or any weathering in pigments.
In another month or so we are going to be starting the European theater and I know the kids are going to want to make some German armor… But we just don’t have the supplies to do it well....
Organizer
Thomas Furman
Organizer
Fall River, MA
