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Please watch this video with your class before your visit.
Click here to learn more about Walter Kitteredge from the files of the Merrimack Historical Society.
Students will probably sing Yankee Doodle as their patriotic song when they visit. However, this patriotic song was written by a gentleman from Merrimack. If possible, please have them practice the first verse and the chorus.
Tenting Tonight by Walter Kittredge
Lyrics to first verse and refrain of Tenting Tonight
Tenting on the Old Campground
W. Kitteredge
We're tenting tonight on the old campground,
Give us a song to cheer
Our weary hearts, a song of home
And friends we love so dear.
Many are the hearts that are weary tonight,
Wishing for the war to cease;
Many are the hearts that are looking for the right
To see the dawn of peace.
Tenting tonight, tenting tonight,
Tenting on the old campground.
Classroom activity
To the left are some student rules from the 1800s. Have your students compare them with their own classroom expectations and school rules. Which set of rules do the students like best?
Examples of Rewards of Merit earned by students and presented by their teachers.
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