Got Roots? Doing an Oral History Project

Let's Get Going!

Name__________________________________________________________

What is oral history? Based on what we have discovered so far, tell as much as you can about what oral history is.


 
 
 
 
 
Select a topic of focus for our interviews. Possible ideas might be games and play, family history, patriotism, medicine, cooking/recipes. Why did you choose what you did?

 
 
 

Who will you interview in your family and why? How close is this person to you? Ravenna? How will you conduct the interview? What information might this person have to help you understand who you are?

 

 
How do you see your final product? What will it look like?

Project will be a...? Equipment Needed?

Class/Individual Booklet?


 

Video?


 

Multimedia Presentation?


 

Timeline?


 

Other?

 
 

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