John Brown Exhibit Extra Credit

Just in case you find yourself looking for something to do over the Easter weekend, the Virginia Historical Society on Boulevard is doing an exhibit on John Brown's raid.  It's a long running exhibit, so visiting isn't limited to Easter weekend. This exhibit is about the man behind the raid on Harper's Ferry.  You read about the raid in one of  Thoreau's essay, and the raid was the event leading up to the song "John Brown's Body," which you also read.  You may be more familiar with the harmony for the song as "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."  It can also be well argued that without John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, the Civil War may not have happened.

The way you receive extra credit for this or any of the other extra-credit trips is to take a picture(s) of yourself at the exhibit and post it to your blog.  Along with the picture, write a short review of it for other students, with emphasis on what you learned pertaining to the course or the literature we've read.   Remember, you get extra extra credit, if you make one of the field trips with one or more people from the class.  These extra credit trips and virtual filed trips are a good way to make up missed class participation points, that is, if you've been less than diligent in participating in class or committee discussions or you've been late with assignments.  

The John Brown exhibit field trip will be worth 3 points toward your final grade.  

Steve