How to Integrate Oral Histories into Social Studies and English
This memoir published by Homer H. Hickam Jr. in 1998 encompasses the changing times of education and society during the 1950s Space Race in the United States. This is the sample text for which to use during the unit plan. See " Memoir List" under this tab for other possible texts that follow iconic events in both the United States and the world.
If you click on the map below you can drag your cursor to view other parts of West Virginia. The red marker shows the town of Coalwood where Homer Hickham Jr. grew up.