Scavenger Hunt

I finished my scavenger hunt and a lot of these things where really hard to find. I learned that there is a lot of history behind it with battles that went on. The clock tower is really old, from what I read it was an Indian lookout during the years 1675 and 1676. I mean I really think about it and I don’t think the people of Central Falls know about the city’s history. I think about my own experience and I didn’t know anything about Pawtucket’s history up until last semester. I went to Charles E. Shea High School and never was taught anything about Pawtucket’s history. The one thing that is eating me away is that I wasn’t able to get the answers to the first couple of questions. Other than that I think the scavenger hunt went well.

As I continue my journey from student to teacher I think about how my content will be of use in the students’ community. The students should know more about their communities and be active within them. Personally, it would be awesome for my students to be able to walk into a Hispanic restaurant and order their food in Spanish. I hope that eventually the students will take what they’ve learned and help others in their communities that don’t speak English and are only fluent in Spanish. If they aren’t able to reach fluency in Spanish, I would love for them to understand that if a person is lacking English fluency, it doesn’t mean  that the person lacks intelligence. There are many that confuse lack of fluency with lack of intelligence and it would be nice for students to know this. Not speaking English doesn’t make a person inferior and it would be beautiful for every student to know that.    

The following are the answers to the scavenger hunt. Take a look at number 30 you might find it useful.

4.) There are six schools in Central Falls which are the following: Captain Hunt Early Learning, Margaret Robertson Elementary, Ella Risk Elementary, Veterans Memorial Elementary, Calcutt Middle School, and Central Falls High School. 

8.) There is one post office in Dexter St.

10.) There is not a movie theater in town.

12.) There are four public parks: Jenk’s Park, River Island Park, Peirce Park, and Lewis & Hunt Park.

15.) There is a World War II memorial between Jenk’s Park  and the church of Jesus Cristo é o Senhor. (That's what was written on the church, it's Portuguese for "Jesus Christ is our Lord" but I don't know if it's really the name of the church.) 

16.) There is one supermarket in town and it is Price Rite. The meat market I found is the International Meat Market. There are two Colombian bakeries called La Sorpresa Bakery and El Antojo Bakery.

17) When people dine out, a well-known restaurant to go to is El Paisa Restaurant. They specialize in typical Colombian cuisine.  Their website is elpaisa.com .

 22.) The first mayor of Central Falls was Charles Moies.

26.) In 1904 Cogswell Tower was built due to a bequest by Caroline Cogswell.

29) Moshassuck Cemetary, at Lonsdale Ave. Central Falls RI 02863 is a historic site that was the scene of the conflict between the National Guard and United Textile Workers in 1934. National Guard troops were federalized and commanded by General Douglas MacArthur at the beginning of his career.

30) Other: Diaz Tire Shop is a good place to go to if you unfortunately end up with a flat tire or need your old tires replaced at a cheap price. Don’t be fooled by Town Fare Tires into buying tires for around $120 each when you can get a good tires for half the price here. It is located right across Calcutt Middle School. I just thought I should share that.