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Right before my son, Kyle, took this picture he asked me what it was like to meet one of my Talking Walls. I have been sharing the fall of the Berlin Wall story  with the readers of Talking Walls since 1992 so was thrilled to  stand by a wall memorial and then return home to read this article:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2015/1109/Leaving-their-mark-Tourists-put-Berlin-Wall-at-risk

 

 

 

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205724/How-65-countries-erected-security-walls-borders.html

Thanks to all the Winthrop families who participated in the Discover Your World scavenger hunt with the original illustrations from Talking Walls. The families looked for, talked about and answered questions about 30 items in the illustrations .

Thanks to all the teachers who attended my workshop at the Maine Social Studies Conference. We talked  a lot about memorials and why people continue to leave items at the WALL in DC. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-things-they-left-selections-from-30-years-of-objects-at-the-vietnam-wall/2015/03/02/33226ba8-b910-11e4-aa05-1ce812b3fdd2_story.html

One teacher told us that  when she visits her grandfather’s  tombstone she leaves a penny . Here is  a story about that tradition http://www.snopes.com/military/coins.asp