My 5th Grade Trip Tour of Frankfort KY

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1 MAY VALLEY ELEMENTARY! APRIL 29, 2013 My 5th Grade Trip Tour of Frankfort KY On March 29, 2013, May Valley Elementary took a class field trip to our State Capitol, Frankfort, KY. Before leaving on this trip, Mrs. Fulks, our Social Studies teacher, worked very hard in educating all of us in how the government words.! PAGE 1

2 KY STATE CAPITOL Frank Mills Andrews was selected to design the new capitol, the current capitol. His planned structure proved far too immense to fit on the old square, so the present site in south Frankfort was chosen instead. Ground was broken in 1905, and the building was dedicated in The total cost of the completed building and furnishings was $1,820, a modest price even in TH GRADE FIELD TRIP TO FRANKFORT, KY What a busy day ahead. Departure from May Valley Elementary at 7:15 am on Friday, April 29, Having participated in multiple fund raising events, the class was able to raise enough money to rent a Charter Bus out of Lexington for our fun filled day. Arriving at the New Capitol by 10:00 to participate in a tour conducted by the Capitol. By 11:30, we were on our way to the KY History Museum. Having lunch in between, a tour of the Old Capitol at 2:00. What a great educational experience for our entire class.

3 KENTUCKY STATE CAPITOL House of Representatives: Speaker of the House; Gregory Stumbo Senator: Mr. Johnny Ray Turner The legislative bodies in the federal government are called the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Together, these two bodies make up the General Assembly. congress works basically the same way that the legislatures work. A senator or representative may propose a bill, which is then debated in either the Senate or the House of Representatives. If the bill is approved, it then moves on to the other legislative body. For example, if a senator proposes a law, it is debated and voted on in the Senate. If the bill passes, it goes on to the House of Representatives to be debated again and voted on. In order for a federal bill to become a federal law it must first be approved by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. However, even when both houses of congress approve the bill, it cannot become a law unless approved by the President. Levels of Government Legislative Body Local Government City council!! Town board!!! County legislature State Government!! State legislative Federal government! U.S. Congress

4 KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT All of the crown molding show an egg and arrow pointing down symbolizing life and death. This molding is found throughout the Capitol. Entire room made from Mahogany wood. Attorney would tell their side of the decision to the Supreme Court Judges to be for or again the decision in a trail. Seven Supreme Court Judges An odd for votes and decisions People are allowed to sit in on the hearing but they do not have a right to speak. No Jury Box like in a regular Court Room Architect in the Ky State Capitol Walls and staircases are white Georgia marble; the floors of light Tennessee marble and black Italian marble. The official State Reception Room was patterned after Marie Antoinette's drawing room in the Grand Trianon Palace at Versailles. The walls are painted to duplicate the tapestries in the French palace.

5 Cast Bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln standing beside a chair located in the center of the Rotunda. Statue is 14'-0" high. Base is of serpentine marble from Easton, Pennsylvania. Cast by the Roman Bronze Works, New York. Gift to Kentucky of James Breckenridge Speed, of Louisville. Cost approximately $40, Unveiled by President Taft and accepted by Governor Wilson, the same week as the Lincoln Memorial in Hodgenville.

6 The second floor is for the judicial. From this floor the guide pointed out 27 foot tall columns made of Vermont marble. Each of the 36 columns is a solid piece of marble, weighs 10 tons, and is a weight bearing column. The guide showed us the State Reception Room that was inspired by Marie Antoinette s drawing room in the Palace of Versailles. (There is a town near here called Versailles, but the natives pronounce it Ver-Sales.) One feature of this room is the infinity mirrors at either end.

7 KENTUCKY OLD STATE CAPITOL Gideon Shryock, an early Kentucky architect, designed the Old State Capitol when he was only 25 years old. Shryock used architectural symbolism to connect the vigorous frontier state of Kentucky with the ideals of classical Greek democracy. The building, which introduced Greek-Revival architecture to the United States west of the Appalachian Mountains, is widely recognized as a beautiful masterpiece of 19th-century American architecture and boasts a self-supporting stone stairway, a light-flooded rotunda and dual legislative chambers. This was the only pro-union state capitol occupied by the Confederate army during the Civil War. Plans to swear in a Confederate governor and establish a Confederate state government were ruined by the approach of the Union army just days before the Battle of Perryville in In the aftermath of the bitterly contested gubernatorial election in 1899, the state legislature met here in 1900 to decide the winner. An assassin, hiding in an office in the Old Capitol Annex next door, shot the Democratic claimant, William Goebel, as he approached the Capitol. Armed citizens and State Guard soldiers occupied the grounds, and here for a time Kentuckians threatened to fight their own miniature civil war. A plaque marks the site outside the building where Goebel, the only governor in United States history to be assassinated while in office, fell. Replaced by the New Capitol in South Frankfort early in the 20th century, the building has served as the home of the Kentucky Historical Society since The subject of extensive restoration work since the early 1970s, the Old State Capitol looks today much as it did in the 1850s.

8 WILLIAM GOEBEL William Justus Goebel (January 4, 1856 February 3, 1900) was an American politician who served as the 34th Governor of Kentucky for four days in 1900 after having been mortally wounded by an assassin the day before he was sworn in. Goebel remains the only state governor in the United States to be assassinated while in office.

9 KY HISTORY MUSEUM The Kentucky Historical Society packages the state's heritage in resources and educational programming of all kinds--from tours and lectures to hands-on workshops, special events and publications. Programs in Frankfort and across the state provide opportunities for adults, families and children to actively participate in learning about Kentucky's history. Publications present current research on the commonwealth's stories. Technical assistance and grant programs help local organizations preserve and present the history of their communities. Whether you are participating in a workshop, reading an historical marker on one of Kentucky's scenic roadways or conducting an oral history project in your own community, you and other Kentuckians across the commonwealth can use KHS's resources to pursue your own interests in history. Abraham Lincoln s watch manufactured by Tiffany and Co.

10 GATTI TOWN, LEXINGTON, KY Students will enjoy a delicious lunch buffet along with a fun-filled learning experience aligned with Kentucky Core Content! This outstanding teacher designed program supplements classroom instruction in math, social studies, economics, health and language arts. Only GattiTown can make fractions this much fun! After learning the skills, students will make a pizza they can enjoy.using all the pizza toppings GattiTown has to offer, students learn combinations and problem solving as well as how many different pizzas they could make! Students will also find out how to make their favorite combination pizza. Nutrition The GattiTown Way The Healthy Choices in Nutrition class will assist students in choosing foods that help fuel their bodies. Students will determine the best choices for snacks and meals as well as simple methods to remember portion sizes. Language Arts The GattiTown Way Using descriptive writing to compare and contrast pizza! Students will experience writing using their favorite food: GattiTown pizza. When the writing is finished, everyone gets to enjoy GattiTown s delicious buffet! The logical sequence of writing will come to life as students help make pizzas! Using a recipe will reinforce this skill and let students test it out. Consumerism/Economics The GattiTown Way Wants Vs. Needs is like games vs pizza! This lesson helps students understand the difference and leaves them I want (games) and I need (pizza) fulfilled! Supply Vs. Demand demonstrated with ingredients will illustrate the importance of cost and profit in relation to society. Students will try to profit with the many fresh ingredients at the GattiTown salad bar.

11 WOMBLES CHARTER BUS COMPANY We are constantly upgrading our fleet so we can provide the best possible transportation. All of our motorcoaches seat 49 passengers and have large restrooms, TV's, DVD players and very large wind ows. If you need to transport luggage they have plenty of room for everyone. All buses have microphones to communicate with your group at all times. All seats recline and have both arm and foot rests. You can also breath easily on our buses since smoking is not permitted at any time.

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