Central High School Sophomores Travel to WWI Museum

        Student in the World History class at Central High School traveled to Kansas City last Friday to visit the national WWI Museum. The students went on the optional trip last Friday after spending an entire unit in class learning about WWI. The Museum includes a collection of thousands of WWI artifacts and original pieces from the iconic European war. Students who attended the trip had the option of going into an almost 300 foot tall tower to see Kansas City from a skyward view. The tower was a monument to the millions who gave their lives for WWI.

View of tower from roof of museum in downtown KC (Hunter Matson)

       Students touring the national museum could find many interactive areas to look at and hear sounds of WWI and a huge theater showing a documentary about The Great War. There were many amazing artifacts that showed the visitors and students of the museum the truly massive and deadly aspect of the war. There were massive artillery pieces, planes, and even a huge tank with a shot out of the side of it. Most of the students that I spoke to agreed that this museum trip was a very good use of a field trip and they learned and experienced a lot of information.

Looking up at the monument tower (Hunter Matson)

       This trip to Kansas City that the history department does every year is sure to last for many more years, its success every year ensures that it is an extremely good use of students' time.