What is an oral history interview? What goes into the planning and what should be said? Why is it important that we know and learn from oral history? This is an excellent worksheet to support your young historians as they conduct interviews and gather first-person accounts of historical events. Beginning with a description of an oral history interview, the worksheet includes instruction on how to choose the interview subject, introduce yourself as an interviewer, design appropriate questions to acquire details, and design questions for follow-up. The resource also explains an interview's ability to add a personal dimension to the study of the past and provides key tips for actually conducting the interview.

Concepts

first-person point of view, point of view, oral history

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Additional Tags

oral history, interview, first person, social studies

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Pros

• Comprehensive worksheet that includes all pertinent details to an oral history interview, as well as an interview release form
• Nicely designed and formatted
• Great staple document that can be referenced in order to conduct other types of interviews

Cons

• None