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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