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High school teachers from our network meet for our High School Institute on Bainbridge Island, Washington, to learn the structures and pedagogy of Expeditionary Learning through the study of Japanese internment during WWII. Service becomes a central part of their work as they meet Irene, a Japanese American who was interned with her family as an eight year old. A scrapbook of original drawings and writing based on learning about the interment experience is created by the group, dedicated to Irene, and donated to a special historical site in the former Japantown of Seattle. Their students benefit greatly from the techniques, attitudes and skills that the teachers learn and practice at this institute and take back to their classroom.
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Writing life stories of Vietnam veterans is the primary project of an Iowa high school investigation of turning points of the 1960's. Students study related events from the decade, space race, civil rights, women's liberation, as they interview veterans and bring the stories of that era to life. The teacher models the project after one she completed in an Expeditionary Learning summit, Writing Elders' Stories. As a service and out of respect enhanced by the student's new knowledge, the completed biographies are presented to the veterans in a special ceremony attended by students, parents, community members, and friends and family of the veterans.
