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Oral history is a valuable tool for education, community building, and advocacy. Sharing first-person stories from people—in their own words—illuminates issues and events in a powerful way.

Voice of Witness creates oral history resources to support individuals, organizations, and classrooms with ethical storytelling, community-based oral history projects, and human rights education. We have seen firsthand how they resonate with participants of all kinds, inspiring connection and belonging, empathy, and community engagement. All lesson plans are Common Core-aligned and feature social-emotional learning practices.

Learn more about the benefits of oral history and the impacts of oral history education.

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Book Club Discussion Questions: Hope Deferred
Use these questions to start a book club or discussion about Hope Deferred.
Discussion Questions  •  Grades 6-8  •  Grades 9-12  •  Higher Ed
Book Club Discussion Questions: Hope Deferred
Book Club Discussion Questions: Out of Exile
Use these questions to start a book club or discussion about Out of Exile.
Discussion Questions  •  Grades 6-8  •  Grades 9-12  •  Higher Ed
Book Club Discussion Questions: Out of Exile
Book Club Discussion Questions: Underground America
Use these questions to start a book club or discussion about Underground America.
Discussion Questions  •  Grades 6-8  •  Grades 9-12  •  Higher Ed
Book Club Discussion Questions: Underground America
Book Club Discussion Questions: Surviving Justice
Use these questions to start a book club or discussion about Surviving Justice.
Discussion Questions  •  Grades 6-8  •  Grades 9-12  •  Higher Ed
Book Club Discussion Questions: Surviving Justice
Book Club Discussion Questions: Refugee Hotel
Use these questions to start a book club or discussion about Refugee Hotel.
Discussion Questions  •  Grades 6-8  •  Grades 9-12  •  Higher Ed
Book Club Discussion Questions: Refugee Hotel
Book Club Discussion Questions: The Voice of Witness Reader
Use these questions to start a book club or discussion about The Voice of Witness Reader.
Discussion Questions  •  Grades 6-8  •  Grades 9-12  •  Higher Ed
Book Club Discussion Questions: The Voice of Witness Reader
Out of Exile: Narratives from the Abducted and Displaced People of Sudan Curriculum
In these lesson plans, the stories and discussion questions for Out of Exile create an opening for students to explore firsthand the internal and external struggles that exiled persons or refugees face.
Lesson Plans  •  Grades 9-12
Out of Exile: Narratives from the Abducted and Displaced People of Sudan Curriculum
Discussion Questions for Beginning Again: Stories of Movement and Migration in Appalachia
Use these questions to start a book club or discussion about Beginning Again: Stories of Movement and Migration in Appalachia
Discussion Questions  •  Grades 6-8  •  Grades 9-12  •  Higher Ed
Discussion Questions for Beginning Again: Stories of Movement and Migration in Appalachia