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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 Studies (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