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Young and Ancient Skylar Nieman ’20 (left) and Tanéyah Jolley ’20 write in their journals during a visit to Italica, the ancient Roman ruins site outside Seville. As part of a sophomore humanities program, 24 students and four teachers spent two weeks traveling in Morocco and Spain, seeing their world history, religion, and literature lessons come to life. In this photo, Jolley says, “We were in the amphitheater of the ruins, and we were reflecting about what our role would be at that time and place in history.” Journaling required the students to become better observers, which is “the antecedent to being able to think, read, and write critically,” says English teacher Meg Eisenhauer, who also went on the trip. “Travel is the ideal opportunity to practice this because the sense of novelty and wonder has us so much more alert than we tend to be in our daily lives.” PHOTO: ANGELA YANG-HANDY
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