Oral history
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Oral history is a the process of documenting history through interviews with the people who experience the time being investigated. Oral historians use open-ended questions to invite their subjects to open up and share experiences and memories.
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Having students become immersed in an oral history project can help them experience history firsthand. Using a project-based approach, teachers can allow students to take responsibility for capturing and preserving the recent past. Students can interview school and community members about their experiences of the recent past.
A successful oral history project is one that focuses on a specific time period, topic, or theme. Students interview multiple participants, preferably those with divergent backgrounds and points-of-view. Through this process, students can become invested in the time period, topic, or theme. It is a wonderful way to make history come alive.
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