Show class members how personal history can be using an oral interview project. Even the youngest learners engage with history using a resource to create and execute interviews with members of their community. The activity walks a class through generating topics and questions, as well as structuring the interview. Afterward, children share what they learned.

Concepts

oral history, interviewing, classroom community

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Create an opportunity for pupils to interview members of the school community to compile an oral history of your school
• Use project to build speaking and listening skills

Classroom Considerations

• Project may require class members to interview people off campus, so check school and district policies

Pros

• Resource includes all necessary materials to use the project
• Project is easily adaptable to a variety of subjects in the lower grades

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.K.1.a SL.K.1.b SL.K.3 SL.K.6 SL.1.1.a SL.1.1.b SL.1.1.c SL.1.3 SL.1.6 SL.2.1.a SL.2.1.b SL.2.1.c SL.2.3 SL.2.6