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The Oral History Project: Connecting Students to Their Community, Grades 4-8
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by Dick Heyler, Linda G. Reilly, Diane Skiffington Dickson, and Stephanie Romano
Sales Rank: 468798
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 160 pages
Published by: Heinemann September 5, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0325008531
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0325008530
Book Dimensions:
8.7 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
Weighs: 7 ounces
Product Description
The Oral History Project is a publication whose time has come. At a time when fill-in-the-blank exercises, short answer assessments, and left-brain thinking is the vogue, The Oral History Project says, "Wait a minute, what about long thinking and right-brain activity?" Can there be anything more valuable than that . . .?
- Donald H. Graves
You've heard "Buy local" and "Think global, act local." Now here's a stirring take on the idea for classroom teachers: Learn local. With the Oral History Project you can help your students do just that, interviewing members of the surrounding community and creating a final project that combines crucial reading, writing, speaking, questioning, and listening skills into a powerful, literacy-based learning experience.
The Oral History Project is a complete guide to a proven, effective oral history project that will motivate and engage your students, connect them to their community, and teach them valuable, lifelong skills. Your kids will sharpen their language arts abilities and uncover new competencies as they: - select an interviewee and compose questions that generate great stories
- build background knowledge on their subject's life through traditional and Web-based research methods
- find primary sources and artifacts to build connections between interviewer and interviewee
- conduct the interview
- write a feature article that documents and shares the subject's oral history
- write a personal memoir from the person's point of view
- assemble all the parts into a cohesive oral and visual presentation
- create an original piece of research.
In addition, The Oral History Project includes a CD that can be used by individual teachers or staff developers to become familiar with the essential components of the project. It demonstrates how this multidimensional learning experience works in the classroom and also contains sample projects from the authors' home state and communities.
Immerse your students in the curriculum and the community in an exciting new way. Read The Oral History Project and find out why the time has come to "Learn local."
About The Author
Dick Heyler has taught writing for more than twenty years and speaks nationally and locally about oral history and writing. He is a member of the Writing Assessment Advisory Committee for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a Milken Educator Awards recipient, and a director of the Endless Mountains Writing Project.
Linda Reilly teaches language arts, French, and social studies in Pennsylvania. She enjoys listening to stories from students of all ages and from all over the world. Recently she traveled to Australia where she implemented the Oral History Project in the Tighes Hill School located in Newcastle, New South Wales.
Diane Skiffington Dickson is retired from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, where she was the Senior Language Arts Education Advisor. She continues to consult with schools and authors items for companies that offer online courses.
Stephanie Romano, former president of the Keystone State Reading Association, is an assistant professor in the reading department at East Stroudsburg University. She enjoys collaborating and consulting with teachers, and especially learning about the past through primary sources.
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