Chris Van Allsburg has written some "very mysterious books," to quote one fourth grade student today. In Ben's Dream, Ben and his friend Margaret go home to study for a geography test, and Ben sits on his father's easy chair and begins to feel a little sleepy. The next thing you know, it's pouring rain and Ben's house is floating along by some famous landmarks, such as the Great Wall of China, Mount Rushmore, the Eiffel Tower, the Parthenon, and the Taj Majal. Oddly enough, Margaret seems to have had the exact same dream! After talking about the landmarks and where they were located, I challenged some fourth graders to create these landmarks using Legos, blocks, Wiki Stix, K'nex and Magnetix. They came up with some great structures!
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