Week One:
Describe why it is important to develop questions when working with Oral History projects? How can Oral History Project enhance students learning?
Response:
Questions must be carefully thought out and planned in order to give those interviewed a starting point that encourages answers given in a narrative instead of just "yes" and "no". Work out questions to help guide the responder in giving information that is relevant to the subject matter of the project goal.
Students will be able to learn hitory from the perspective of an individual, a "slice of life" approach. This will help students understand that all recorded history is biased by the writer's experiences and research. Text writers, etc., select what general information is included in their narrative. The "Oral History" approach gives students an opportunity to have an interviewer's story line like one might view on History Channel, etc.
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