The Art of Listening

You are a reporter for your school newspaper.  Veteran’s Day is coming up, and the editor wants to have a page dedicated to the sacrifices made by veterans who have fought in foreign wars. 

You’ve heard people talk about “war stories” and you wonder what a true war story is really like.  So, you check out some links on the Internet and find NPR’s Story Corp Project. You’ve heard people talk about “war stories” and you wonder what a true war story is really like.  So, you check out some links on the Internet and find NPR’s Story Corp Project to listen to war veterans and their loved ones tell stories about their experiences of war.

Go to NPR's Story Corp web page to find out what Story Corp is all about. Then open the handout that goes with this lesson. Follow the handout to complete the "Listening" and the "Conversation" portions of the WebQuest.