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 Introduction: The Flag

Overview
 * Think about familiar landmarks in your community. Start at [|waymarking.com]
 * Is there a positive story that students could learn and retell about these landmarks?
 * Allow the students to generate questions they would need to answer to learn about the landmarks.
 * Let the questions guide the research
 * Tell the story. Using their research, students should formulate their story of the landmarks.
 * Put this story into the context of community service (i.e. students telling the positive story of other people).


 * Integration: Social Studie**s (notes)
 * Local standards
 * State standards
 * National standards


 * Integration: English Language Arts** (notes)
 * Reading: research
 * Writing: storytelling
 * Oral communication: audio portion of podcast


 * A Compelling Story (from local to national)**
 * Howard J. Schroeder Legion Post-Mequon, WI
 * Veterans Memorials in Ozaukee County
 * A national collaborative, online project that connects veterans in your community with your students.


 * Acknowledgments**
 * The outline of the original veterans podcast project storyboard came from a daily podcast: [|Rowdy Racing News].

Revised: March 6, 2009