Resources
Teacher Resources
Association of Personal Historians. http://www.personalhistorians.org/.
Provides practical tips and resources for getting started on an oral history project.
Brown, Cynthia S. As It Was: A guide to Writing Oral History. New York: Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1988.
An easy guide for both teachers and students to follow. I found this book to be the most useful guide out of all that I reviewed.
Dunaway, David D., and Willa K. Baum. eds. Oral History: An Interdisciplinary Anthology. Nashville: The American Association for State & Local History, 1984.
A fundamental read for anyone interested in understanding the theory behind oral history
Mercier, Laurie, and Madeline Buckendorf. Using Oral History in Community History Projects. : Oral History Association, 1992.
A simple guide to follow
Pebble Creek Labs. http://pebblecreeklabs.com/
An online resource for Pebble Creek curriculum but also provides excellent descriptions of research based literacy strategies
StoryCorps. http://storycorps.org/.
An online resource for anyone interested in learning more about The StoryCorps.
Visual Thinking Strategies. www.vtshome.org.
A description of strategies designed to develop critical thinking through visuals.
Visible Thinking. http://www.pz.harvard.edu/vt/visibleThinking_html_files/VisibleThinking1.html
An excellent collection of critical thinking strategies from Harvard's Project Zero.
Wood, Linda P. Oral History Projects in Your Classroom.: Oral History Association, 2001.
Addresses specific concerns for conducting oral history projects in schools.
Classroom Resources
All of these resources would make excellent read alouds, think alouds, and literature circle readings.
Hatch, Robert, and William Hatch. The Hero Project. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006.
A collection of biographies and interviews written by two teenage brothers.
Isay, Dave. Listening is an Act of Love. New York: Penguin Books, 2007.
A collection of interviews from the StoryCorp project.
Norman, Jeff. Images of America: Emeryville. San Francisco, Cal.: Arcadia Publishing, 2005.
The only written history book of Emeryville that I could find.
Norman, Jeff. Temescal Legacies: Narratives of Change from a North Oakland Neighborhood. Oakland, Cal.: Shared Ground, 2006.
This book is based on a neighboring community to Emeryville.
Terkel, Studs. Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do. New York: Pantheon Books, 1974.
A classic compilation of oral histories by one of America's most famous oral historians.
Wigginton, Eliot. The Foxfire Book. Garden City, N.Y.: Double Day & Co., 1972.
The most famous example of a high school oral history project still going today.
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