I recently taught my students about customs and cultural traditions that exist all over the United States. I was trying to help them connect to the fact that Tennessee gives the rest of the country various customs and traditions such as wood carving and square dancing. I shared a personal story concerning Fausnaught Day celebrated on Fat Tuesday every year in Pennsylvania. I talked about this day and tried to describe the delicious donuts that result from it. They were entranced with this tradition from my hometown....
It gets better. My mother sent me a half dozen of my favorite donuts this past week. Well after enjoying the first one, I decided that I must do something with some of the others. There were too many for me to eat before they went bad. I took two of them in on Friday morning for a special treat. It made me so excited to share this artifact in my classroom, and all of my students enjoyed a taste of them. Let me be honest, this is my favorite part about teaching. Besides the fact that I just love donuts, I got to share an artifact with my students to help them connect what they learned about culture and tradition with real life.
You are awesome! Way to share this most important cultural holiday!
ReplyDeleteMy grandma told me that when she was a girl the students (in the one-room schoolhouse) would lock the door and the teacher had to have fausnaughts to get in. Thankfully, since the teachers knew this would happen, all was well. :)