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**Activity 2: "Rally Time"**
** In this mapping activity you were to use Google Maps to pinpoint your location on the class map, calculate the distance to the rally in Washington, D.C., and look for your closest "neighbors" to determine who you might ride with to the rally. **

** Today you need to blog with your fellow Shadow Child friends about the upcoming rally at the President's house. What are your plans? Are you going? If not, why not? If so, how are you getting there? How long will it take you to get there? Do your parents know you are going? What are your feelings about going? Are you afraid? What are your hopes about what will happen? ** ** Tell us your plans and then communicate with your "neighbors" to coordinate rides, talk about the upcoming rally, etc. **

** Activity 3: "Survivors of the Rally Reunion" **
** Note: You must have finished reading the book to participate in this blog! **

** We are presuming since you are here blogging today that you survived the rally. Either you didn't end up going that day, or you managed to get away from the ordeal that happened that day in Washington, D.C. **

** It is now 10 years later. Since that day of the rally 10 years ago, you have been unable to contact your Shadow Child friends because the government blocked all of your blog sites. You have spent the last 10 years thinking about what happened that day, whether you were actually there or not. You have wondered what happened to your friends. You know some died, including Jen, but you aren't sure who else. Since then, a new President has been elected and the laws are beginning to change. Some of the Survivors of the Rally have organized an online reunion and have advertised the blog site around the country. You are joining the online reunion today. **

** So, talk to your fellow Shadow Child friends. Tell them what happened to you that day of the rally. **Tell them how you felt after that day was over.** What have you been doing since then? Where do you live now? Have you done anything in the last 10 years to help other Shadow Children? Are you still in hiding or are you now free? **