Tower of London

    Writing narratives or journal entries about the history we have read is a regular excercise for our SLOCA students. After reading a history assignment, the student summarizes what they have retained. This blog post is a narrative that soon to be 5th grader Sandy P. wrote about one of the many gory but true stories the students learned from the educator/guide at The Tower of London.

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    One day a prince was locked up in the Tower of London castle. His wife paid 600 gold coins to get him out.  The king said, "Thanks for the money, but the prince is staying."  The king put him in prison because he might want to become king.  So the prince decided to escape. He ripped off all his sheets and tied them together. He jumped out of the window but the sheets were too short, and then they broke. The next morning, guards were walking around, they saw a body but no head. They went to search for the head, but then realized it was the prince.  He had fallen and his head went inside of his body!