On a Feb. 2 field trip, 37 Area Learning Center students visited the Minnesota History Center to see the exhibit “1968: The Year That Rocked the World — A year of extremes. Of war and love. Of brave beginnings and tragic endings. Of political and social upheaval. Of hatred and hope.”

The year saw war in Vietnam, the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Robert Kennedy, the Mexico Olympics, the election of Richard Nixon, and even the Apollo 8 mission broadcast on Christmas Eve. The students were also entertained by a History Theatre presentation, watching these events played and sung out on stage.

The exhibit is on view Oct. 14, 2011 – Feb. 20, 2012. Visit http://www.mnhs.org/index.htm for more information.