LIVING HISTORY

Dear P.S. 47 family,

In this time we are living in, we are a part of history. It will be talked about for generations to come. Over the past weeks, we have created a primary source document. Each assignment required the students to do something to record events, fears and feelings related to this time period.

Fear and uncertainty have been heightened with the wide-scale contagious disease outbreak of coronavirus. We have been living a life in quarantine. School has been taking place remotely, almost everything has been closed and some of us have lost loved ones. This has never before happened in our lifetimes.

At the same time, the barbaric murders of Black people have again risen to national attention, although this has been a relentless and centuries long outrage in the U.S., in this moment we are grieving the murder of George Floyd and the senseless deaths of so many other black people. People around the country are rising up in anger in response to the taking of these precious lives. We must be part of the work to change this racist, violent and brutal system.

We have this document to show your children and grandchildren to see how we lived through history!!!

Love,

Ms. Elin

DEAR DIARY

Today we are going to continue working on our living history project. I would like you to write about day to day events, your fears or your feelings about life in quarantine. I have asked your parents to keep your work in a safe place so you can put them all together to keep for generations to come.

4/24/20

Dear Diary,
The year of 2020 just started and there is this virus called coronavirus also known as Covid-19. This virus is infecting and killing thousands of people. People are getting told to stay home and focus on social distancing. Adults and kids are working from home. Sport games, schools and jobs are closed. Most people arent working at home, some people like first responders have to go to work to keep everyone safe. I feel sorry for the people that need money but can't go to work. But president trump is giving everyone a check of money, so i think that was a good decision.

Dear Diary,

Today was a really good day because I received the package my brother bought for my sister and I. It’s a double steering wheel one in blue and the other one is red. He got it for my Nintendo switch game. After I did my homework and did some reading, my sister and I played for a little while. It was really fun playing with my sister. My mom, my sister and I played Uno because my mom said she used to love playing it with my grandpa. She loved playing with him because it was their time to be together and bond. I really enjoyed playing Uno with her even though it was my first time playing. There are times that I miss going outside, but my mom says we can’t go out. I like looking out the window because I get to see P.S. 47, people walking by with their masks and gloves on and I can see that things are different now. I see the trains going by, cars and you see them with their masks and gloves on. The restaurants are closed and the stores that are open, there are people waiting in line to go into a store to buy what they need. I just hope everything goes back to the way it was before the Coronavirus. I miss Ms. Jones, Ms. Elin and my classmates and everybody that I knew. I miss going to the gym and going to the playground with my class. I miss seeing my brothers and family. My parents bought my sister and I arts and crafts stuff to keep us busy and it’s something to do with my mom. I was happy because my mom made pork chops, white rice and macaroni salad.

Dear Diary,

I love staying with my grandfather because he is the best and he helps me when i need help with things even with homework. I love him so much that he gets me a lot of things. I wish more people could have a grandfather like I have. So they can have the same things i have too. I love my grandfather to the end of my heart and i hope he knows that.