Banded Peak students gave Bragg Creek residents a history lesson last Wednesday through podcasts and QR codes.
“Students had the opportunity to interact with and question many community experts that helped shed light on what makes Bragg Creek such a special space,” said Andrew Spelrem, Grade 3/4 teacher at Banded Peak School.
“Having such a hands-on approach to learning about their community allowed students to continue developing relationships with the places they call home.”
Showcasing their research project for social studies, the Grade 3/4 students presented a brochure at the Celebration of Learning event at the Bragg Creek Community Centre on May 17 featuring eight different distinctive locations in the hamlet with QR codes linked to podcasts explaining the history of each location.
“It was pretty cool – personally I learned about some stuff I didn’t know,” said Noah, 10-year-old Banded Peak student. (Banded Peak School does not allow publishing of students’ last names.)
The 10-year-old said his favourite part of the project was writing the scripts and making the podcasts.
“My favourite part was interviewing,” said Calix, 10-year-old student.
“It was cool to record people from each place.”
Both agreed their favourite story was listening to the owner of the Moose Mountain General Store share the tale of when he rented out traps to a few customers and had the traps returned to him, skunks and all.
“He also told us about the time a squirrel set off the alarm at midnight,” Noah said with a laugh.
Locations on the brochure include the Trading Post, the Tsuut’ina Rodeo and Pow Wow grounds.
Banded Peak student Josie, 9, said her favourite part of the project was interviewing business owners and learning about after the flood when the water carried away things from the Historic Trading Post, how residents were kind enough to return what was found.
“The (project) was a long process but it was worth it,” Josie said.
Teaches from the project said they are planning to disperse the maps around the hamlet, giving tourists and community members a chance to experience the “interactive walking trail” over the summer months.
