Haunt Jaunts as a Teaching Tool?

At the beginning of this month I received the following email from a teacher named Sarah:

I just wanted to let you know that, as a student teacher, I’ve been referencing your web page (https://hauntjaunts.net/blog/find-haunted-places/) for our history lessons. I know it might sound a little weird, but I like to include a couple lessons on haunted historical places. It’s a fun addition to our history classes, and your page has been most helpful…thanks for making it!

I hope you don’t mind me asking, but is there any way you could include a web page my student found? He was pretty excited to share it: “Local Favorites – America’s Famous Hauntings” – http://www.localpages.com/content/local-favorites-americas-famous-hauntings.html

It’s a great collection of historically haunted places from all over the US. I figured you might have a use for it as an additional resource on that page, or maybe somewhere else on your website. I think my student would really get a kick out of seeing his suggestion published…His name is Kyle and we’re in Grade 5, if you would like to give him a little “shout out”! Let me know. Hope I could help!

Help? Holy smokes! That email made my day!

I meant to post all this much sooner than this, but the last couple of weeks have been nutty busy. However, today I’m finally getting around to it.

Of course I made sure to include Kyle’s great find of a link under the Lists of Haunted Places section on our Find Real Haunted Places page. While I was at it, I also Stumbled it, because it’s a note-worthy find. Kyle, great job!

And Ms. Sarah, thank you so much for letting Haunt Jaunts be a part of your classroom. Your email absolutely tickled me pink. I’m so happy you took the time to contact me and share a new resource for me to add to the list.

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8 Comments

  1. Awww, what a sweet email.  You just never know who you are reaching with your blog. 

  2. Thanks Lewis. Back atcha!!!!! 

  3. That’s the truth, Ruth!!!! (Couldn’t figure out a word to rhyme with Adsila… lol 😉 

  4.  Excellent! What you’re doing is very important!

  5. I was surfing round for inspiration for a radio segment I prerecord to go to air when I came across the teachers email. It made me smile. I made a page of links on my website for Kyle.

  6. Author

    Oh yay. So glad you came across something that made you smile. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment saying so, Diane!

  7. Hate to say it, but that email is spam… I have lost count of the number of these I have received from different ‘teachers’ and ‘students’…

  8. Author

    You know, I wondered if it was a subversive link building ploy. So you think that’s what it really is? Makes sense. But makes me sort of sad too. Ah well. Thanks for weighing in.

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