North Shore Names

Series produced by David Green

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North Shore Names profiles alumni, former teachers and staff of our school and the campus places, school events or recognitions named in their honor or in their memory.

What is North Shore Names?

- It is an audio documentary project done by third graders.

- Although students at our school all play on the Mitchell Playground, none know who Mr. Mitchell is. Although teachers have meetings in the Laird Bell Meeting Room, most of them have no idea who Laird Bell was. The third graders decided to find out.

- North Shore Names profiles alumni and former teachers and staff of our school and the campus places, school events or recognitions named in their honor or in their memory.

- During the project, we interviewed sixteen people: alumni ranging from the class of '38 to the class of '83 and teachers, administrators and staff who used to work at our school, just north of Chicago.

- You can listen to two full audio documentaries and one of our favorite stories excerpted from a third here on prx.

- We also created slideshows for two of the audio docs and another short slideshow for an excerpt from another audio doc. To see the slideshows and to hear the other three audio documentaries we made, go here:
http://nsnames.edublogs.org/
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What is North Shore Names? - It is an audio documentary project done by third graders. - Although students at our school all play on the Mitchell Playground, none know who Mr. Mitchell is. Although teachers have meetings in the Laird Bell Meeting Room, most of them have no idea who Laird Bell was. The third graders decided to find out. - North Shore Names profiles alumni and former teachers and staff of our school and the campus places, school events or recognitions named in their honor or in their memory. - During the project, we interviewed sixteen people: alumni ranging from the class of '38 to the class of '83 and teachers, administrators and staff who used to work at our school, just north of Chicago. - You can listen to two full audio documentaries and one of our favorite... Show full description


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Learn about retired head of Buildings and Grounds, Mr. Mitchell, and the playground named in his honor.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 05:37
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Learn about a former school parent and trustee, Laird Bell, and about what our school was like in the 1930s, 1940s and 1960s.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1