[BlindKid] Looking for Ideas for New BELL Project

Emily elgibbs at gmail.com
Wed Jun 22 14:09:09 UTC 2022


Have you discussed starting BELL with your state President and with Karen
Anderson, the National BELL coordinator?

On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 8:32 PM Tina Hansen via BlindKid <
blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I hope to have a small team working with me on a project for the Oregon
> BELL
> Academy for next year. I'd like to do something around Michael Hingson's
> story of how he and his guide dog helped each other and everyone else as
> they left the World Trade Center on 9-11. Somehow, I want to possibly have
> Mike tell the story live, either in person or online. If that doesn't work,
> we might use recordings of Mike telling his story. Since this is such a new
> project, there are somny unknowns, but we do know that most BELL lessons
> run
> at least 90 minutes.
>
>
>
> I'm calling this Project Thunderdog after Mike's book, and I'm open to any
> ideas on how my team and I can form a lesson around the story. What might
> be
> good activities for the potential students, and how can we make the story
> come to life?
>
>
>
> Anyone with ideas can e-mail me on this list or privately. I'm open to
> anything, since this project is so new. Thanks.
>
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