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Download full textSiler, Carl R. – 2001
World War II was a turning point in global history, an event that had a large and lasting impact on many people and places across broad areas of the earth. Compared to other wars, World War II involved the largest armed forces, the longest battle lines, the most destructive weapons, the most casualties, the most destruction of cities and other…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, High Schools, Historical Interpretation, History Instruction
Siler, Carl R. – 1996
This digest addresses the uses of oral history projects in the secondary U.S. history classroom. The document advocates that oral history is a stimulating classroom process designed to increase student involvement in a United States history class and improve student understanding of a relatively recent historical period. Oral history also involves…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Family History, Folk Culture, Inquiry
PDF pending restorationSiler, Carl R. – 1994
"Muncie Remembers That Day in Dallas" is an oral history project report of a study conducted by two academic U.S. history classes of 21 students at Muncie Southside High School (Indiana) during the 1993-94 school year. The occasion of the 30th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy, along with the movie "JFK,"…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Discovery Learning, Interviews, Local History
