Using Oral History to Engage Students Presented at HTAV Middle Years Conference

Focus of this presentation Rationale Teaching historical skills Teaching historical content

Rationale Student engagement “Doing” the subject Interpersonal skills As opposed to single events or factors

Teaching Historical Skills Identify a range of questions about the past to inform a historical inquiry Draw conclusions about the usefulness of sources Identify and describe points of view, attitudes and values in primary and secondary sources

Teaching Historical Skills continued Develop texts, particularly descriptions and explanations that use evidence from a range of sources that are acknowledged Use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written) and digital technologies (Years 7-8) Identify and analyse the perspectives of people from the past (Year 9)

Teaching Historical Content World War Two The experiences of Australians during World War II The impact of World War II, with a particular emphasis on the Australian home front, including the changing roles of women and use of wartime government controls (ACARA n.d.)

Teaching Historical Content continued Popular culture Migration experiences

Breakdown of Unit Hook Explanation of the term Show model of an Oral History

Breakdown of Unit Assignments Oral History project PowerPoint presentation on process Reflective essay

Scaffolding Explanation of types of questions Closed Open Follow-on Modelling Active Listening

Scaffolding continued Use of artefacts

Scaffolding continued Bloopers exercise Mock interview Fishbowl interview

Scaffolding continued Model transcribing interview Model editing transcript into an oral history Basic grammar

Other activities Jeopardy game Scattergories game

Remember to… Teach the necessary language features Be passionate! Temporal connectives Chronological order Paragraphing Consistent use of past tense when recounting Use of first person Be passionate!

Webpage for Rules for Scattergories http://www.slideshare.net/lorinchina/scattergories-7100514

Bibliography Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (n.d.). The Australian Curriculum v 6.0 History Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum by Rows. Retrieved July 2, 2014, from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanitiesandsocialsciences/history/Curriculum/F-10#level7. Independent Television Service. (2004). Independent lens: The new Americans. Retrieved July 2, 2014, from http://www-tc.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/pdfs/tna9_oralhistory.pdf. Paul, P.J. (1997). Fish bowls and bloopers: Oral history in the classroom. OAH Magazine of History, 11 (3), 43-46. Retrieved December 21, 2009, from http://www.oah.org/pubs/magazine/oralhistory/paul.pdf. Pchakjian, O. (2003). Interview with my grandfather- Sarkis Aivazian. Retrieved July 2, 2014, from http://www.clarkhumanities.org/oralhistory/2003/8367.htm.

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