I am continuing this post from my post at HistoryPin.com. Here, I began a story that this picture recalls about visiting my grand parents on Long Island, NY, when I was a child.
con't... "The backyard gardens were a particular joy in the summer; as was the long days spent on Jones Beach and coming back to their house for a home cooked dinner of fresh picked vegetables, especially tomatoes and zucchini. The house always smelled of dill, no matter what else was cooking.
At the beach, it was funny to see my grandmother getting her almost ankle length house dress wet, wading in the waves while clutching her big floppy straw hat, keeping it from blowing away and balancing herself so not to plop down into the swirling froth. Warmer more joyful times are not in my memory. I built upon those memories all of my life by going back to those beaches as often as I could. Now that I live in Chicago, the Atlantic Ocean and those salty beaches are what I miss most."
So, I started to heal my own little bit of sacred space by using this web 2.0 tool History Pin; check it out and reclaim and share some of your history and identity too.
Lambert, J., Digital storytelling, capturing lives, creating community,
Berkeley, CA., Digital Diner Press, 2009, pg. xvi
Thanks, Babs, for finding this site. I can see how it can be a personal healing site, and a site to engage youngsters in learning about the past as well. I know I can use it to connect my fourth graders to history in a profound and captivating way. Not only history, but we can connect to geography through the partnership you mentioned with google maps. I'm excited to explore and learn more about this site. Thanks again.
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