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Whitman, Glenn – History Teacher, 2000
Presents an oral history project for high school students who are asked to select a non-related person to interview about a period or event in U.S. history, write a biography, and give a final public presentation on the interview. Includes a copy of the rubric in the appendix. (CMK)
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational Strategies, Interviews, Oral History
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Haas, Mary E.; Tipton, Janet K. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1994
Presents instructional activities that bring "real world" content to the study of World War II by elementary students. Includes experiential activities such as interviews, guest speakers, visits to war memorials, and reading fiction and biographies. Includes an "All-American Matching Exercise" emphasizing cultural pluralism. (CFR)
Descriptors: Biographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Ethnic Groups
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Brody, Barry; Singer, Alan J. – OAH Magazine of History, 1990
Describes a twelfth grade oral-history teaching project with multi-ethnic U.S. history senior students. Stresses that the project helps students think about and understand today's world by developing historical understanding. Activities include designing questionnaires, conducting interviews, writing biographical sketches, and producing a…
Descriptors: Biographies, Class Activities, Cultural Pluralism, Family History
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Cholden, Harriett B.; Hunt, Barbara Giertz – Social Education, 1996
Outlines and describes a fifth-grade unit of study examining issues of freedom and oppression. Students began with a biography and a presentation on an individual who had experienced discrimination. They then interviewed local people who had experienced significant freedom or oppression. Culminating activities included writing one-act plays. (MJP)
Descriptors: Biographies, Civil Rights, Democratic Values, Elementary Education