A BOX JOURNEY
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| The winning box |
What happens to a box after you drop it off
at DHL? Where does it go? How do millions of packages being shipped across the
world arrive at their destination in only a few days or weeks? These are the
questions we attempted to answer the past semester with second and third ESO in the tech lessons.
After giving a presentation explaining how packages are sorted and moved
through each shipping facility, students were challenged to create a box with
items that represented Spain. They were also tasked with writing a letter to
explain the project and why each item represented Spain. The group of students
with the best box and letter would have their box shipped to the United States
(my parent’s home) to further demonstrate the process. Three beautiful boxes
were submitted, and it was very difficult to choose which one deserved to go to
the U.S. In the end, we chose a simpler box because of its elegance and
representation of the key elements of Spanish culture.
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| The letter included in the winning box |
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| Patricia, Silvia, Margarita y Ángela with their box |
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| Katie's parents: Chuck and Niton upon receiving the box at their home in Louisville, Kentucky |
