http://www.oercommons.org/browse/keyword/oral-history daily 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.oercommons.org/courses/80-rounds-in-our-pants-pockets-orville-quick-remembers-pearl-harbor The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, stunned virtually everyone in the U.S. military: Japan's carrier-launched bombers found Pearl Harbor totally unprepared. In this 1991 interview, conducted by John Terreo for the Montana Historical Society, serviceman Orville Quick, who was assigned to build airfields and was very near Pearl Harbor on December 6, 1941, remembers the attack. He also provided a vivid, and humorous, account of the chaos from a soldier's point of view. Center for History and New Media/American Social History Project Humanities 2006-11-06T19:40:00 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/american-english-dialect-recordings-1941-1984 The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection contains 118 hours of recordings documenting North American English dialects. The recordings include speech samples, linguistic interviews, oral histories, conversations, and excerpts from public speeches. They were drawn from various archives, and from the private collections of fifty collectors, including linguists, dialectologists, and folklorists. They were submitted to the Center for Applied Linguistics as part of a project entitled "A Survey and Collection of American English Dialect Recordings," which was funded by the Center for Applied Linguistics and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Humanities Social Sciences 2013-05-13T12:03:47 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/artifacts-fiction-workshop-in-american-literature This video workshop for high school American literature teachers introduces techniques for reading cultural, political, and religious artifacts and connecting them to the literature they teach. In each video program, experts in multiple disciplines do close analysis of a wide range of visual, print, and physical artifacts. The experts engage on-camera teachers in a discussion of the artifacts and how they can enhance the study of works of literature. These teachers then use artifacts with their own students to help deepen their understanding of the historical, political, and social contexts of the literature they read. Throughout the workshop, participants will learn and practice a six-step process for choosing and using artifacts successfully with their students. Humanities 2012-09-05T11:23:49 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/backward-to-the-future Oral histories not only help us to recall important memories, but when told to children in the form of storytelling, they also provide a connection to the real world and give children a place within their own community. Oral histories help to explain events in one's life while providing an account of the time remembered. In this lesson, students watch a video of a personal history and learn the difference between primary sources and secondary sources of information. They learn how technology and media have influenced changes over time in the community and how the development of technology continues to impact our lives. Arts Humanities Social Sciences 2007-04-05T07:30:00 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/born-in-slavery-slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-1938 This site offers 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 photos of former slaves. The collection can be searched by name, city, state, topic, or other key words. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Humanities Social Sciences 2007-10-19T09:01:00 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/busing-for-integration-vs-neighborhood-schools This lesson plan will introduce students to the political, social, and economic issues surrounding school desegregation using oral histories from those who experienced it firsthand. They will learn about the history of the "separate but equal" U.S. school system, the 1971 Swann case which forced Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) to integrate, and the recent decision to discontinue busing for racial integration in Charlotte-Mecklenburg. They will compare and contrast neighborhood schools with schools integrated through busing, and listen to oral histories of students who have experienced both types of schools in CMS. Through discussion with classmates, they will create a list of the negatives and positives of both neighborhood and integrated schools. Students will then write an argumentative essay explaining which type of schools they would support, and will defend their argument with evidence from the oral histories. Humanities Social Sciences 2009-05-31T20:58:41 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/california-gold-northern-california-folk-arts-from-the-thirties This is a multi-format ethnographic field collection project, undertaken during the New Deal, that includes sound recordings, still photographs, drawings, and written documents from a variety of European ethnic and English- and Spanish-speaking communities in Northern California. Humanities Social Sciences 2007-10-19T08:23:00 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/change-in-the-mountains The Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina rise abruptly from the Piedmont, the state's central plateau, and include the ranges of the Balsam, Black, Blue Ridge, Great Smoky, and Nantahala Mountains. The region is home to several of the highest peaks east of the Mississippi River. The rugged geography of these mountains delayed the arrival of European settlers to the area, slowed the pace of development, and for many years preserved a distinct regional culture. While development and change were slow in coming to the Mountain Region, the last half a century has seen a surge in both. This site focuses on the story of Madison County, North Carolina. Listen to members of the community candidly discuss tradition, growth, loss, and balance as you experience the story of change in the North Carolina mountains. Humanities Social Sciences 2009-05-22T13:44:50 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/changes-in-southern-politics The political landscape in the South underwent significant change during the twentieth century. Political and social change in Southern states was directly connected to some of the landmark events of American history, particularly the Civil Rights Movement. An understanding of the role of politics in the South is essential to comprehension of the history and culture of the region. The oral histories in this site illuminate changes in Southern politics from the end of the Civil War up to the present day. The recollections and opinions of the important political figures interviewed in these oral histories help form an impression of the role of Southern politics in the tumultuous events of the twentieth century in America. Listen as eyewitnesses recount the effects of politics and changing political beliefs on the story of the American South. Humanities Science and Technology 2009-05-31T19:49:54 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/children-at-work-exposing-child-labor-in-the-cotton-mills In this lesson, students will learn about the use of child labor in the cotton mills of the Carolinas during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They will learn what life was like for a child worker: how much the workers made, how many hours they worked each day, what their homes were like and what they did for fun. Students will then write an investigative news report exposing the practice of child labor in the mills, using quotations from oral histories with former child mill workers and photographs of child laborers taken by social reform photographer Lewis Hine. Humanities Social Sciences 2009-05-26T15:38:22 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/cotton-mills-seen-through-differing-perspectives-critical-analysis-of-primary-documents In this lesson, students will read two primary source documents from Documenting the American South, a digital library collection sponsored by the University Library at UNC. One document is Child Labor in the Carolinas, a pamphlet published in 1909 by the National Child Labor Committee exposing the use of child labor in the cotton mills of North Carolina. The other document is Mill News, a weekly newsletter about the Southern cotton industry which was paid for and published by the mill companies themselves. Students will also listen to oral history excerpts from mill workers to gain a third perspective. In a critical analysis, students will identify the audiences for both documents and the motivations and intent of its authors, as well as examine the historical importance of each document. Humanities Social Sciences 2009-05-26T15:45:53 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/de-facto-vs-de-jure-segregation In this lesson, students will contrast and compare de facto and de jure segregation, listening to oral history examples of each from residents of Charlotte, North Carolina. Students will then brainstorm solutions to each type of segregation, and will discuss why de facto segregation can persist even after de jure segregation is eliminated. Humanities Social Sciences 2009-05-31T21:28:42 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/diane-nash-and-the-sit-ins Diane Nash was a college student when she started leading sit-in demonstrations to protest discrimination. In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Nash describes her role in the Civil Rights movement. Humanities Social Sciences 2009-08-13T00:25:40 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/sts-360-ethnography-spring-2003 A practicum-style course in anthropological methods of ethnographic fieldwork and writing, intended especially for STS, CMS, HTC, and Sloan graduate students, but open to others with permission of instructor. Depending on student experience in ethnographic reading and practice, the subject is a mix of reading anthropological and science studies ethnographies; and formulating and pursuing ethnographic work in local labs, companies, or other sites. Dumit, Joseph Science and Technology Social Sciences 2006-03-20T23:57:00 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/new-deal-network-franklin-and-eleanor-roosevelt-institute Students will examine and interpret interviews obtained by authors working for the Federal Writer's Project during the 1930s. A close study of the narratives will allow students to: Understand the specific tasks undertaken by men and women employed by one of the work relief programs of the New Deal; Obtain a more personal sense of the past by examining the lives and careers of ordinary men and women interviewed during the period of the Federal Writer's Project; Learn about the process and issues involved in doing oral history. Dick Parsons Humanities Social Sciences 2007-10-19T08:59:00 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/flying-solo-with-my-digital-camera Students will view a film clip about immigration and arrange interviews with immigrants they know. Using digital cameras they will create a classroom book that tells about the immigrant experience. Humanities Social Sciences 2007-04-05T07:30:00 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/veterans-history-project This guide explains how to conduct and preserve oral histories in your community. Humanities Social Sciences 2007-10-19T09:06:00 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/the-four-foot-feat-prose-essay-project-eld The six-week activities presented in this unit include strategies for learning about the cultural diversity of the students. The student interviews with parents and family members are teacher guided writing exercises designed to develop the studentŐs communication skills. The goals of this project are to promote parent involvement in learning, eliminate conflict and culturally insensitive behavior, and facilitate positive social interactions among culturally diverse students. Thus, the ultimate goals of the project is for students to create a family history portrait, explore a variety of cultures, and heighten their awareness of family, and group dynamics for improving social interaction both in and outside the classroom. M. Scott Humanities 2013-03-22T11:48:21 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/frontline-diplomacy-the-foreign-affairs-oral-history-collection Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training presents a window into the lives of American diplomats. Transcripts of interviews with U.S. diplomatic personnel capture their experiences, motivations, critiques, personal analyses, and private thoughts. Humanities Social Sciences 2013-05-13T12:03:46 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/greek-american-experiences-between-two-cultures Greek American Experiences Between Two Cultures is an online oral history project that provides an opportunity for Greek Americans to record and access stories, anecdotes and personal histories via the world wide web. Through the modern technology of the internet, it is possible for site visitors to both post stories about their families' experiences as Greek Americans and to read about the experiences of others. Thus, the site serves as a unique and freely accessible archive of oral histories from this vibrant American ethnic group. Ann Korologos Bazzarone Humanities Social Sciences 2009-02-19T09:26:43 Course Related Materials