Sleepy Hollow - I love Washington Irving stories. He is such an imaginative writer, and his stories translate into entertainment for all ages. I remember my daughters watching a cartoon version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow one Saturday morning when they were little. It was around the time of Halloween---perfect time period.
A friend from Ivy Tech's Kokomo campus just returned from a trip to the East Coast. In one of her Facebook Posts she shared some pictures of the real Sleepy Hollow.
This is a picture of the Old Church at Sleepy Hollow.
Self-explanatory----but how cool!
My 'dream field trip' when I taught high school juniors (American Lit of course!) was to visit all of the literary places in New England....Salem, Mass; Tarrytown, N.Y.; Walden Pond; Old Manse; The Whaling Museum; Plymouth, Mass; Baltimore (Poe); and many more.
While I did get to Salem this summer when I was in Boston for the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Institute, I had to miss the other close place (Walden and Old Manse) because of transportation and time issues. One of these days, I will go back. What a fun trip that will be!
In the meantime I will enjoy re-reading the stories, checking the discussion boards for comments, and aniticapte lively discussions on Blackboard IM--and hopefully read some blog entries too!
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