European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 16 the stars and stripes wednesday january 49, 1969 Ken Rehurek puts the finishing touches to the rigging of his sailing ship any resemblance of history teacher Richard Frese s 8th Grade classroom in to Eslingen Germany to a stateside american history museum is purely intentional. American kids in Germany just can t go to an american museum any time they feel like it he explained so i be tried to build a substitute or rather they have. And they be done a really Good  they certainly have. His entire class room which is recognizable As a class room Only by the desks chairs and blackboards it contains is lined Wall toil Wall with student built artefacts which represent the full  the birth and growth of the United states. An observer would be amazed at the skill and dexterity that the teeny Bop pers have shown in making their projects. Scale. Models of the White House made from sugar miniature sets of co Lonial Era tools printing presses and even a full sized hand lettered copy of the declaration of Independence Bear ing striking resemblance to the original Are Only a few of the exhibits adorn ing the makeshift museum. Frese. Who puts on a real hard boiled act with his students which most appear to have seen through shows much Pride when discussing their work. They have done far beyond whatcould5,be expected of them he emphasized 5 and they take great Pride i what they have done. There s a Strong sense of Competition among the kids audit s become sort of a badge of Honor among them for me to ask to keep their projects he said laughing. The object of the projects however is an Experiment Frese started to stimulate and create More interest in. The study of America s growth. I think it s important that history be alive Frese explained books have words of a Page but you can Only Teu Alize i at they re saying. It s like a zoo. You can Snow a child a picture of horse but it s better to let him see it maybe touch or sit on it. Then the child really knows what a horse is. The same applies  Frese Feelis that it i the teachers duty to provide a successful climate for the students to include the slower As Well As the Topnotch student. Each must be channelled into what Frese feels the Stur Dent is Able to do successfully. The student who feels he s Success Ful tries harder Frese pointed out but it works both ways. If a kid is not doing Well in a class a soon decides Why try what difference does it make?1 it s my Job to see that he does succeed and i think having him work on a project Cheryl Carlisle grimaces As she extract Al