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This Doing Oral History with Vietnam War Veterans lesson plan also includes:
- Oral History as an Educational Experience
- Activity 2: Choosing Group Positions (.pdf)
- Activity 3, Student Worksheet 1: The Preliminary Interview Questions (.pdf)
- Activity 4, Student Worksheet 2: Research Notes (.pdf)
- Activity 5, Student Worksheet 3: Interview Question Development (.pdf)
- Activity 7, Student Worksheet 4: The Time-Stamped Transcript Matrix (.pdf)
- Assessment: Student Worksheet 5: The Perfect Video Checklist (.pdf)
- Vietnam Oral History Jack Power
- Vietnam Oral History Gene Feher
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Get the story from those who experienced it. Engage learners with a structured oral history project involving Vietnam War era veterans. By conducting thoughtful interviews, class members learn what it was like to serve in the controversial conflict and develop historical thinking skills adaptable to other areas of study.
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Instructional Ideas
- Use structured questions to create an oral history project
- Adapt the project to other forms of oral history
Classroom Considerations
- Learners need access to Vietnam War Veterans to conduct interviews
Pros
- Project is student-driven
- Scaffolding breaks up the interview process, making it less intimidating for pupils
Cons
- None