Truly Touching Stories from Ordinary People at StoryCorps

 This website has recently come to my attention and in the short time I've known about it, it has become very near to my heart.  Story Corps offers short recorded stories from real people telling their real stories.  The stories on this site tell everything from pain, to joy, to learning, to loving, and beyond.  They are usually not longer than 4-5 minutes but the amount of feeling and true emotion put into each recording is incredible.

The site also gives other educational resources, including suggestions for interviews and a list of "Great Interview Questions"

Play these for your students, play them for yourself.  Either way, you will not regret listening to these truly touching accounts of pure humanity.


Here's a special sample to help all of you out on a rainy Monday when being a teacher may not seem so glamorous (click here if not showing):

As a side note:   Sorry for taking such a big break from posting!  I'll try to get better at posting more often!