I think it's pretty standard statewide that 4th graders study Texas History. I didn't move to Texas until I was in high school, so I never had a Texas History class. I was eager to learn along with Katie. 
We found out earlier in the year that the group was hoping to do enough fundraising throughout the school year to be able to take a field trip to the State Capitol and Bob Bullock State History museum. One of things they decided to do to help raise these funds was to put on a dinner and a musical. The kids worked hard to learn the songs, which, in the process, helped them learn their history lessons. They were also given the opportunity to have speaking parts – do you have any doubt in your mind that Katie wanted to be first in line to tryout? She was selected for a speaking part and they held rehearsals once a week for about 6 weeks.
Dinner was hot dogs, chips, nachos, sodas, and a large selection of bakery treats. We had several friends join us for the evening. The show was a success, and the 4th graders met and exceeded their financial goal! Watch out Austin, here we come!
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we went to austin twice. the first year, one of the students grandmas was a state legislator so we got the royal treatment and got to to see things that are normally off limits. the second year, we weren't planning on doing it, but the parents really wanted to...so we did. while the kids had a great time, i think their favorite part was the chartered bus :)
i loved teaching texas history!
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