Educators
Lesson Plan: Journeys and Migration Model Interview
This single lesson plan uses a model interview to demonstrate creating safe and brave spaces by asking open-ended and follow-up questions.
Lesson Plan: Jobs & Careers Interview
This single-day lesson plan guides students through preparing for an interview around the theme of jobs and careers.
Lesson Plan: Artifact Interview (Grades 6-12)
This single lesson plan guides students through an oral history interview about an artifact or object of personal or cultural significance.
Cultural and Personal Identity • Education • English Language Learners • Storytelling Best Practices
Lesson Plan: Artifact Interview (Grades 3-5)
This lesson plan guides elementary school students through an oral history interview about an artifact or object of personal significance.
Cultural and Personal Identity • Education • English Language Learners • Storytelling Best Practices
Lesson Plan: Getting To Know You Interview
This single lesson plan supports students to have relationship-building conversations in preparation for successful oral history interviews.
Lesson Plan: Family, Culture, and Traditions Interview
This single lesson plan prepares students for an oral history interview with a family or community member about culture and traditions.
Cultural and Personal Identity • Education • English Language Learners • Storytelling Best Practices
Lesson Plan: Oral History Found Poem
This two-day lesson plan guides students through creating a sensory, details-focused found poem using an oral history interview as source material.
Arts • Cultural and Personal Identity • Education • English Language Learners • Migration & Displacement • Storytelling Best Practices
Benefits of an Oral History–Based Course: A Case Study
What are the unique benefits of an oral history-based course? Read our case study that evaluates the short- and long-term impact on student learning.
