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My name is Carol Sparks; my co-worker (Patsy Stephens) and
I teach social studies at Freeport High School in Freeport,
Florida. We’ve received a small grant from our school
district (Walton County) for a program we are
developing, “Our Town, Our Nation.” In this
interdisciplinary course, students will conduct oral
histories of community members, preserving important links
to the past and providing community service. As well,
students will work with the community to create traveling
and permanent historical displays.

An important part of the program is forging a distance
learning partnership via teleconferencing with a sister
school in another part of the country. Students will share
stories and experiences via interactive televised
learning. The remote site will also e-mail their stories
and histories to ours. As an end-of-term project, our
students will compile both sets of stories—ou...See More


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