Gathering around Sister Henrietta after learning about the Igbo, Mrs. Gifford's 10A honors class thanks her for coming to visit. Photo by: Jack Bowen
By Logan Richards
By reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Mrs. Gifford’s English 10 Honors classes learned about the story of the Igbo tribe from Nigeria and their culture. After Mrs. Gifford’s classes had finished reading the novel, Sister Henrietta, a member of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, a religious order with United States Headquarters in Donaldson, Indiana, came to Plymouth High School to speak to the classes regarding how values have changed and how they contrast to those of the U.S.