
History Matters:
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/expansion.html
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The site provides many useful resources for history teachers and also has information on using oral histories as a teaching tool in the classroom.
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Making Sense of Oral History:
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/oral/
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A useful guide that provides teachers with valuable information about using and working with oral histories.
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James Hoopes, Oral History: An Introduction for Students (1979).
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This work was written especially for classroom-based oral history projects.
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Cliff Kuhn and Marjorie L. McLellan, eds. Magazine of History, v. 11, no. 3 (Spring 1997).
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A special Oral History issue of the magazine, published by the Organization of American Historians and directed at secondary and undergraduate teachers. It is also available online at http://www.oah.org/pubs/magazine/oralhistory/.
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Barry A. Lanman & George L. Mehaffy, "Oral History in the Secondary School Classroom" (1988).
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This volume contains accounts of successful oral history projects and practical suggestions for classroom oral history.
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Laurie Mercier & Madeline Buckendorf, "Using Oral History in Community History Projects" (OAH, 1992).
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The authors offer ideas for organizing and undertaking community oral history projects. The book provides a step-by-step guide to project planning and establishing project objectives, with suggestions about identifying resources and securing funding.
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"Oral History Evaluation Guidelines," 2nd edition, (2000).
Donald A. Ritchie, Doing Oral History. (1995).
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This is a useful guide to oral history research from an author who is both a past president of the Oral History Association and the associate historian to the U.S. Senate Historical office.
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Linda P. Wood, with introduction by Marjorie L. McLellan, "Oral History Projects in Your Classroom" (2001).
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This guide, written for classroom teachers, includes sample forms, handouts, examples, curriculum suggestions and discussion questions, taken directly from real-life classroom oral history projects around the country. It can be ordered from the Oral History Association (http://omega.dickinson.edu/organizations/oha/).
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