Extensions Ideas

Building Relationships through HomeStories

The HomeStory Map only allows for text and images. Teachers have used tools like Padlet to foster communication using sound, image, and video. Through a page like Padlet, students can comment on each other's work.

  • Sounds of home

  • Poetry

  • Art- Sculpture, drawings

  • Podcasting

  • Perspective Posting

  • Connecting through Comments

  • Interviewing

  • Video

Student HomeStory Cafe

Create a space for students to synchronously share their stories. Connect to other classrooms or your community by participating in a HomeStories Cafe. Use a tool like Google Meet or Zoom to organize a Youth HomeStory cafe.


Quotes from the Youth HomeStory Cafe 5/15/22