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Peer reviewedMehaffy, George; Sitton, Thad – Social Education, 1977
Oral history can be done without sophisticated technology, involves students actively in history, and generates enthusiasm and tangible products. Eleven projects are suggested, ranging from classroom to interdisciplinary community research. A bibliography cites 19 books about oral history programs for social studies classes. (AV)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Local History
Sitton, Thad – Teacher, 1979
Described is the evolution of "Foxfire," a student-run magazine dedicated to the collection and preservation of the oral history, folklore and folklife (or traditional culture) of the students' own locality--Appalachian Georgia, wherein they collected a wide variety of materials from the living repositories of the old mountain culture.…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Interviews, Folk Culture
