The Power of a Paper Clip

<p>In the late 1998 principal Linda Hooper led a group of inspiring and inspired teachers at Whitwell Middle School in Whitwell Tennessee as they looked for a special project to open up the wider world to their young students in a small Appalachian town. They hit upon a subject that has confounded people the world over since World War II the Holocaust. </p><p>The students themselves found a way to commemorate the millions of souls lost to that tragic period in 20th-century history. The students decided to collect six million paper clips. </p><p>The Power of a Paper Clip tells how teachers students parents and townspeople were changed by their efforts-and how their efforts changed the world. Next time you see a stray paper clip pick it up. Slide it onto your lapel and you too will be part of this story. </p><p></p><p></p>