Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Lives of the People: To Understand the People is to Understand the Times

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine the time period of the Great Depression. Using primary source documents, they read excerpts of interviews done by author Studs Terkel for one of his books. They practice interviewing their partner in front of the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Baseball Memories

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students act as historians by, first, reading and analyzing oral histories of professional baseball players to become familiar with baseball figures. Then, they proceed to interview family members, relatives, or neighbors who have...