Today half of our sixth graders learned about Dolmens, which are tombs from prehistoric times. The students took a field trip to the nearby UNESCO World Heritage site to learn about how these megaliths were created. Upon returning to Grace Hill, they learned how simple machines allowed for the creation of these monuments. They also searched for simple and complex machines around the Grace Hill campus, noting how important they are to our every day lives!
Today, we learned new word “Dolman”, which means “Table Stone”. When we arrived to view the Doleman sites, it was very interesting because the “Ancient Koreans” were very smart when making the stone table which is the Doleman. I also enjoyed learning new things because, before I did not even know what a Doleman even was. Something I learned today is that the “Ancient Koreans” used to drag the rock over the logs and clear all the dirt out of the rock and then they would make a Doleman. There are 50,000 known dolmens in Korea there are Dolmens in England, Russia, France, Japan, India, Ireland, and North Africa.
~ Maha A. and Olivia S.
~ Maha A. and Olivia S.