Watch the following video with your students to review tips on how to set up the equipment and film camera shots.
This video is full of tips and reminders to help instruct your students on how to create their own oral histories project. Students will view best practices for how to set up their equipment and film basic camera shots of their participants. As the students watch, have them fill out the following worksheet to prepare them in filming and interviewing. The attached worksheet includes relevant technological terms and vocabulary for creating oral histories and hypothetical interview situations for your students to respond to.
Preparing your students for the interview-The interview should be conducted after students finish the text.
First, brainstorm with students some ideas for which they think will create a successful interview with someone who has lived during and can remember the historical event that your class is studying. Write those responses on your board. Next, give students practice in interviewing by having them conduct 10 minute interviews with a partner (Please see attached document below for lesson instructions). Have each of them choose a historical, social, or political issue or event that impacted their lives or the lives of others. Have each student take notes on important information they learned about that event and their partner. Share their findings with the rest of the class. Next, Discuss: What did you do well as an interviewer? What was the most difficult part about interviewing someone? This formative assessment may be done as a group, written in a short reflection or collected as an exit slip.
Every student will not have the same event. For example, if you follow our Rocket Boys model, a student's interview with the participant may center on the launching of Sputnik I or Apollo 8's success of the first men landing on the moon.
Remember, this unit is modeled after a literature circle structure where students may pick a memoir based on their interests or if they know immediately if someone was alive during the historical event. The students will then essentially become the teachers as they finish the text, collect and analyze their research on the topic, conduct and edit the interviews. The interviews should be conducted after the text is written to ensure students have analyzed different points of view and research articles. Teachers may decide how many students will read a text. (4-5 is a good number per group). Remember the participant may be a relative, a friend, or even a willing person from a nursing home.
Every student will not have the same event. For example, if you follow our Rocket Boys model, a student's interview with the participant may center on the launching of Sputnik I or Apollo 8's success of the first men landing on the moon.
Remember, this unit is modeled after a literature circle structure where students may pick a memoir based on their interests or if they know immediately if someone was alive during the historical event. The students will then essentially become the teachers as they finish the text, collect and analyze their research on the topic, conduct and edit the interviews. The interviews should be conducted after the text is written to ensure students have analyzed different points of view and research articles. Teachers may decide how many students will read a text. (4-5 is a good number per group). Remember the participant may be a relative, a friend, or even a willing person from a nursing home.
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