"Every Hero Has A Story." My Blogging From A to Z theme bridges the summer library reading programs throughout the U.S. with storytelling opportunities, ideas, and activities.
I'm realizing with each new post to my theme, "Every Hero Has a Story," that story attaches emotion and response. Heroes come in all sizes, shapes, and forms and affect us in small and large ways. Teachers who believed in us when others didn't, joggers who encouraged us not to give up, pets who love us unconditionally, and folks who put themselves on the line everyday so that safety, freedom, and peace can continue. We all have heroes in our lives.
My dad is my hero. I asked if he could share with you one of his stories from serving in the Air Force. Time was 1969. Place was Viet Nam. He flew the huge C-130 Cargo Plane for much of his career. This is the plane that gets its tail blown off. A much smaller cargo plane, a C-123 is what flew in to retrieve the 10 soldiers in his tale. Dad purposely kept out the politics of the Viet Nam war so that he could relay the emotions of the moment.
| | The volume on my iPad is poor - I apologize. I've included his words in the pdf below. 
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Listen to your hero's story. I'm so grateful that Dad allowed me to share his .
RESOURCES: Telling Those Stories
LISTENING LIBRARY
Every hero definitely has a story but it's pretty hard to ask them to come in to tell their story like I asked my dad. Here's a fantastic activity for kids to try out using a picture of their hero, creating a QR code (Quick Response) and telling or writing their story. These hero pictures could easily be posted in your library so patrons could use their iphones to scan the QR code to hear the stories or the pictures/QR codes could be published in a local community newspaper and folks at home could scan the QR Code and hear a 3 minute hero story. (https://sites.google.com/site/ipadmultimediatools/creating-a-qr-code-listening-gallery
QR Code Activities on Pinterest
Effective Curriculum Ideas: Literacy and QR Codes
Every hero definitely has a story but it's pretty hard to ask them to come in to tell their story like I asked my dad. Here's a fantastic activity for kids to try out using a picture of their hero, creating a QR code (Quick Response) and telling or writing their story. These hero pictures could easily be posted in your library so patrons could use their iphones to scan the QR code to hear the stories or the pictures/QR codes could be published in a local community newspaper and folks at home could scan the QR Code and hear a 3 minute hero story. (https://sites.google.com/site/ipadmultimediatools/creating-a-qr-code-listening-gallery
QR Code Activities on Pinterest
Effective Curriculum Ideas: Literacy and QR Codes
| | I love this easy "how to" website called Vocaroo.com. The kids (or you) simply click to record and then following the recording you can click on QR code and have one created of your recording - easy breezy! |
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