Through Their Eyes: Video Taping Oral History
Angelo J. Pompano
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The following lessons incorporate the Language arts skills of Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening, Viewing and Research. It is hoped that with the following lessons the students will understand that history is made by the common man and that their parents, grandparents, and neighbors have all contributed to history. The student will be expected to write meaningful questions which will help them understand everyday life in the 20th century as well as some of the major events which affected the daily lives of their relatives. Using those questions, the student will conduct an oral history interview of a grandparent or other senior citizen to gather information about the past. The student will then analyze that information to get a better understanding of the past.