Postcard Geography

Do you have a success story to share?

Have you received press coverage for your work with Postcard Geography?

Do you have photographs of the "project in action" in your classroom?

Have you created a web site to share your project implementation?

2001-2009 Gallery

Rebecca Creek Elementary
Spring Branch, TX

My kids really enjoyed getting all the postcards this year.

Collegium Charter School
Exton, PA

The kids had an absolutely wonderful time and the project was incredibly enriching to our curriculum...which is very geography focused.

Waretown School
Sue LaFaso

In November I entered our schools in the Postcard Geography Project. We were given a list of hundreds of schools who had also signed up. The idea was to make original postcards that tell about where we live.
I chose teachers in all the grades to participate with their students. We sent out over 300 original cards to schools around the world. Most were from the USA but there were also some from Russia, Israel, Dominican Republic, and Canada to name a few. Here is a picture of our wall of cards. I was very impressed with the quality of all our our students work. (Fall 2009)

Sunset Palms Elementary
Boynton Beach, FLorida

As each postcard arrived to our school, we excitedly read the
postcards out loud and located each state on the map. Next, we graphed which region each postcard was from. We then decorated our Postcard Geography Door of Fame with the colorful and vibrant postcards from all over the United States. Everyone who past by was always excited to take a peek into the celebration of our home: THE USA! This was a great way
to connect Social Studies, Math and Writing...

(Fall 2009)

From The Hansen Homeschoolers
Johnstown, Ohio

We at the Hansen Homeschool thoroughly enjoyed our adventure with Postcard Geography. Every week as we patiently waited for the postcards to arrive, we learned three new interesting facts about our state Ohio to use when writing our postcards. For example, the state drink is tomato juice, and Cedar Point, an amusement park, is well known for having the most roller coasters than any other theme park. Also we love the Buckeyes!
As we peered into the mailbox each day we were excited to see the postcards finally arriving! We met friends from across the U.S. Our friends from Kansas tell us that the nickname for their state is the “sunflower state” because they have so many sunflowers. In Missouri you will find the St. Louis Arch which reaches 655 feet high and in Michigan our friends tell us they live near the Michigan International Raceway where they can watch the cars zoom by. Our friends taught us that the state capital of Pennsylvania is Harrisburg, and we also learned that Jamestown was the first permanent English colony in Virginia. The Medal Of Honor Museum is located in South Carolina but what’s even more interesting, our friends say, is that the museum is on a ship, the USS Yorktown. Go Gators is what our friends say in Florida, and let us not forget what we say in Ohio- Go BUCKS! We want to thank all of our new friends for helping us to learn more about where they are from and hope to hear from you next year with Postcard Geography! (2008-2009)

Lafontaine Elementary
LaFontaine Indiana

Our school is in a small rural town. We are a one class per grade school. We have around 180 students, grade K-6. Our mascot is the Falcon. Our slogan is: Watch Us Soar!

Thank you for your postcard. (2008-2009)

Inverness Elementary
Birmingham Alabama

This is a group picture of our scarecrow we decorated for our Fall Festival. We won third place for our lightning bug. We are called Bramlett's Brilliant Bugs so we chose to make a lightning bug. This is a third grade class at Inverness Elementary in Birmingham Alabama.

We have enjoyed all the postcards and e-cards.

Cheryl Bramlett (2008-2009)

Angela Montalto
1st Grade Teacher
Cocoa Beach, FL

Here's how I displayed the postcards with my first grade class last year, and inspired others to join me at my school to start. I tried to make an ongoing postcard chart/graph on my wall for display and interaction but, it ended up not fitting totally. (I'll try a binder/scrapbook this year, or post them on my blog spot) I like to get my students input. :-)

Some students had family and friends from around the world send us cards too! It was exciting to see my students become truly engaged, not only in geography, but, communicating with people all over the world! Not all took this action, but more and more did as we got to the end. (2008-2009)

Hello from Gussner Elementary in Jamestown, North Dakota.

We are enjoying the season of winter. We have been getting about 5-6 inches of snow every week. We are also enjoying the temps. of -20 and wind chills of -40.

(2008-2009)

Abundant Life Academy
Casselberry, Florida

Abundant Life Academy is the name of our home school. There are two students in our “school!” On Mondays and Wednesdays we get together with other students for classes. On the other days we do homework and normal kid stuff like playing video games, hanging out with friends and
listening to music.

Thanks everyone for the postcards. Hope you enjoyed ours.

Killingly Memorial School

We wanted the students to respond to the cards in a more permanent way than "My grandma lives there. I saw her last month." The balloons were perfect for that and tied into writing complete sentences.

Joan Carlson (2003)

#82 Broken Arrow, OK

We're having fun with this! It is our first year to participate.

We're getting a lot of press with our project! The Tulsa World is doing a feature story with our class!

#299 Killingly Memorial School

Though we aren't in their grade group, we've been in touch with the school in Uzbekistan. Here's a bulletin board that the fifth grade put up. They also have a copy of the wonderful poem those children wrote to us about friendship! Thanks and a big hello to them and all!

Joan Carlson jcarlson@killingly.k12.ct.us

#3 Sequoyah Elementary
Cherry Classroom Display #2

Our town newspaper is making a visit to our school on Monday, Nov. 12 for an interview about Postcard Geography. We have two classes that participate— myself (#3) and Gayla Goff (#216). We are very excited about this interview! On the left is a classroom display and on the right, a hall display. Both were created by our students.
Shelly Cherry, skcteacher@yahoo.com

#201 Richards Elementary School

We are enjoying reading all of the postcards we are receiving from our project partners. We read the text on each postcard (both printed on the postcard itself and written by students), look at the pictures, then talk about what is interesting, what geography connections we can make, what is the same as WFB, and what is different than WFB. Some of us have visited the places the postcards show so it's also fun to talk about our travels! Here is our map, globe, and postcard display.
2K, in Whitefish Bay, WI USA.

Mary Kreul, mkreu@ri.wfbschools.com

#359 Irving School

This is a photo of our Postcard Board. The board is in the hallway for everyone to see. Across from the board is a map that has the locations of every postcard we have received. Each postcard has a numbered sticker on it and the corresponding sticker is on the map. Students in our room have different jobs for this project. Some are responsible for writing the addresses on the postcards we sent. Others are responsible for reading the postcards we get to the class. Another group of students is responsible for finding the location of the schools on our map. Everyone is involved and is enjoying our project.

Chad Lehman, lehmch@mail.wawm.k12.wi.us

Last updated 08/19/09

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