Historical Interview Project

What is an oral history interview? What goes into the planning and what should be said? Why is it important that we know and learn from oral history? This is an excellent activity to support your young historians as they conduct...

One of the best ways to make history relevant and engaging is to analyze current events before they become history! Check out these project guidelines for a current event research paper, outlining the major required sections of the...

Oral history has brought a multitude of lessons, stories, and factoids to our current knowledge of the past. Let us continue to use oral history traditions through a lesson that encourages pupils to discover and appreciate where they...

Eighth graders investigate how Language Arts and Social Studies can be integrated in the curriculum. They conduct research about a famous person in history. Then students use the information to write a report for the class. Then students...

After interviewing an immigrant about their voyage to the United States and first impressions of the country, young learners create a fictional series of journal entries and design an iMovie depicting their interviewee's story.

Learners practice effectively interviewing a subject and then use that interview to create a movie.

Who is buried in this tomb? Trek to a local cemetery, take pictures of markers, explore records, and conduct interviews to bring to life the stories behind the stones. Use Olympus and Tool Factory to coordinate and gather information...

Students learn interview skills by formulating questions and videotaping an interview with a veteran.

Students compare how their lives are different from people living in the 1940s. They use a project sheet to navigate through a website on the time period and then develop questions for an interview of a family or community member that...

Young scholars explore historical figures. In this history/research lesson, students use a variety of research materials to learn about the historical figure of their choice. Young scholars write questions and responses as if they were...