The oral histories of the Federal Writers' Project, begun in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), contain the personal stories of people who lived during the Great Depression. A brief history of the project is presented and the interviews are discussed. (RM)

Presents a transcript of an interview with the director of an oral history project and with one high school student involved in the project. Focuses on how the project was conceived, negotiated, and produced within the constraints of a public school. (Author/AV)

Oral history is a valuable teaching technique to use with elementary students because it provides a sense of self-identity; nurtures a concept of neighborhood; develops research and writing skills; and encourages a sense of curiosity, wonder, and excitement about history. Suggestions for beginning an elementary oral history project are presented.…

The booklet is designed to help social studies teachers initiate oral history projects. Preceding the two major sections of the document, the authors specify that oral history is more than a person with a tape recorder; need not be transcribed to be useful; need not be a big project; and is not the final product of history. The next section…

Presented are practical suggestions to help teachers successfully implement an oral history magazine project modelled after "Foxfire." Four major issues are discussed: nature of the project, relationship of project to schools, relationship of project to community, and teacher-student relationship. (RM)