Mining the Riches of History: Creating Oral Histories

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Grade Range: 2 - 8

This installment in the <i>Help I lost my library/media specialist</i> series offers a step by step approach to an oral history research unit, written by an experienced elementary library/media specialist. Although nothing can replace the specialized knowledge of a teacher-librarian, this plan will inspire any teacher to incorporate interviewing skills and oral histories into your teaching. Lesson ideas and resources for interviewing, primary sources, and sharing make this unit especially exciting.

In the Classroom

Mark this in your Favorites as a way to develop information literacy in your classes, even if you no longer have a library/media specialist to help out.

At Home

Tags

primary sources, local history, interviews,

Subjects

American History, Professional, Social Studies, Social Studies,