Folklife Resources for Educators

Sponsoring Organization Information

Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
1500 Tower Bulding, 323 Center Street
Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 324-9880

Preserving the Past with Oral History
by Emily Pennel
http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/teaching-preservation/classroom-resources/resources/preservation_arkansas_oral_history.pdf

Lesson plan to use with students in grades 4-12 that introduces them to the basics of collecting oral history. Includes suggested questions to ask, tips to remember while interviewing, sample release forms, guidelines for transcribing interviews, and considerations to take into account in choosing appropriate technology for recording. Included are also examples of oral history projects that classes can use with their completed interviews. The lesson is correlated to Arkansas Curriculum Standards for History and Social Studies.(12 p. PDF)

Sponsoring Organization:
Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
1500 Tower Bulding, 323 Center Street
Little Rock AR 72201
(501) 324-9880
http://www.arkansasheritage.com/