Dreams Project

1. Dreams Project Vermont 4th Grade

2. Dr. King’s Dream I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!

3. DreamsBy Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

4. Dreams:I Wish I Could Be a …By PoojaKalra I wish I could be a builder, Building houses and flats for others And as far as I’m concerned, I shall build a magnificent palace. I wish I could be a textile designer, For shirts and trousers I would be the maker, I’d design fabulous clothes for others Which could also be worn by me and my mother.

5. I wish I could be a cook, Turning the pages of my recipe book Thinking and making food, And eating half of it according to my mood. I wish I could be a toy maker, Making different toys for others, And as far as I’m concerned, I shall make a rabbit for me. But alas, these are all but dreams.

6. John Goddard’s Life List EXPLORE: • Nile River • Amazon River • Congo River • Colorado River • Yangtze River, China • Niger River • Orinoco River • Rio Coco, Nicaragua STUDY PRIMITIVE CULTURES : • The Congo • New Guinea • Brazil • Borneo • The Sudan • Australia • Kenya • The Philippines • Tanzania • Ethiopia • Nigeria • Alaska

7. Climb: • Mt. Everest • Mt. Aconcagua, Arg. • Mt. McKinley • Mt. Hauscaran, Peru • Mt. Kilimanjaro • Mt. Ararat, Turkey • Mt. Kenya • Mt. Cook, N. Z. • Mt. Popocatepetl • The Matterhorn • Mt. Rainier • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Vesuvius • Mt. Bromo, Java • Grand Tetons • Mt. Baldy, Calif. • Carry out careers in medicine & exploration • Visit every country in the world • Study Navaho and Hopi Indians • Learn to fly a plane • Ride a horse in the Rose Parade (Continue)

8. PHOTOGRAPH: • Iguacu Falls, Brazil • Victoria Falls, Rhodesia • Sutherland Falls, N.Z. • Yosemite Falls • Niagara Falls • Retrace travels of Marco Polo and Alexander the Great EXPLORE UNDERWATER: • Coral reefs of FL • Great Barrier Reef, Australia • Red Sea • Fiji Islands • The Bahamas • Okefenokee Swamp & The Everglades VISIT: • North & South Poles • Great Wall of China • Panama & Suez Canals • Easter Island • Galapagos Islands • Vatican City • The TajMahal • The Eiffel Tower • The Blue Grotto • The Tower of London • The Leaning Tower of Pisa • The Sacred Well of Chichen-Itza, Mex. • Climb Ayers Rock, Australia • Follow River Jordan from Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea

9. SWIM IN: • Lake Victoria • Lake Superior • Lake Tanganyika • Lake Titicaca, S.A. • Lake Nicaragua ACCOMPLISH: • Become an Eagle Scout • Dive in a submarine • Land on & take off from an aircraft carrier • Fly in a blimp, balloon, & glider • Ride an elephant, camel, ostrich, & bronco • Skin dive to 40 feet & hold breath 2 ½ minutes underwater • Catch a 10-pound lobster & a 10-inch abalone • Play flute and violin • Type 50 words a minute • Make a parachute jump • Learn water and snow skiing • Go on a church mission • Follow the John Muir trail • Study native medicines & bring back useful ones • Bag camera trophies of elephant, lion, rhino, cheetah, cape buffalo, and whale • Learn jujitsu • Learn to fence • Teach a college course • Watch a cremation ceremony in Bali • Explore depths of the sea • Appear in a Tarzan movie • Own a horse, chimpanzee, cheetah, ocelot, & coyote • Become a ham radio operator • Build own telescope • Write a book • Publish an article in National Geographic Magazine • High jump 5 feet • Broad jump 15 feet

10. Run mile in 5 minutes • Weigh 174 lbs stripped • Perform 200 sit-ups and 20 pull-ups • Learn French, Spanish, & Arabic • Study dragon lizards on Komodo Island • Visit birthplace of Grandfather Sorenson in Denmark • Visit birthplace of Grandfather Goddard in England • Ship aboard a freighter as a seaman • Read the entire Encyclopedia Brittannica • Read the Bible from cover to cover • Read the works of Shakespeare, Plato, Aristotle, Dickens, Thoreau, Rousseau, Conrad, Hemingway, Twain, Burroughs, Talmadge, Tolstoy, Longfellow, Keats, Poe, Bacon, Whittier, and Emerson (not every work of each) • Become familiar with the compositions of Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Ibert, Mendelssohn, Lalo, Liszt, Rimski-Korsakov, Respighi, Rachmaninoff, Paganini, Stravinsky, Toch, Tchaikovsky, Verdi • Become proficient in the use of a plane, motorcycle, tractor, surfboard, rifle, pistol, canoe, microscope, football, basketball, bow and arrow, lariat, and boomerang • Compose music • Play Claire de Lune on the piano • Watch fire-walking ceremony • Milk a poisonous snake • Light a match with a .22 rifle • Visit a movie studio • Climb Cheops’ pyramid • Become a member of the Explorer’s Club and the Adventure’s Club • Learn to play polo • Travel through the Grand Canyon on foot and boat • Circumnavigate the globe • Visit the moon • Marry and have children • Live to see the 21st century

11. Make your own life list! What are 50 things YOU’D like to accomplish? Make a list and we’ll have some fun! • Brainstorm and type your list. (Due May 3) • Write a series of journal entries or a newspaper article around your #1 dream. (Due May 10) • Create a shape poem/picture. (Due May 16) • Create a poster incorporating your dream list, writing piece, & illustration (May 21) • Construct a 3-D project or plan a creative display of your dream. (Due May 28) We will host a “Dream Museum” on May 29!