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Creating an Oral History--Who Tells the Story?

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Explore the difficulties in compiling an oral history with this lesson. Young researchers conduct interviews and consider how point of view changes various accounts of a single incidence, resulting in conflicting information. They view a film of oral histories and analyze the points of view presented.

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conflicting information, oral history, the holocaust

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holocaust, oral histories, conflicting information, english language arts
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Grade
8th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
Instructional Strategy
Research
Technology
Video
Year
1998
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