Using Oral History to Engage Students Presented at HTAV Middle
Years Conference Slide 2 Focus of this presentation Rationale
Teaching historical skills Teaching historical content Slide 3
Rationale Student engagement Doing the subject Interpersonal skills
Slide 4 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 Slide 5
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9) Slide 6 Teaching Historical Content World War Two The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controls (ACARA n.d.) Slide 7 Teaching Historical Content continued
Popular culture Migration experiences Slide 8 Breakdown of Unit
Hook Explanation of the term Show model of an Oral History Slide 9
Breakdown of Unit Assignments Oral History project PowerPoint
presentation on process Reflective essay Slide 10 Scaffolding
Explanation of types of questions Closed Open Follow-on Modelling
Active Listening Slide 11 Scaffolding continued Use of artefacts
Slide 12 Scaffolding continued Bloopers exercise Mock interview
Fishbowl interview Slide 13 Scaffolding continued Model
transcribing interview Model editing transcript into an oral
history Basic grammar Slide 14 Other activities Jeopardy game
Scattergories game Slide 15 Remember to Teach the necessary
language features Temporal connectives Chronological order
Paragraphing Consistent use of past tense when recounting Use of
first person Be passionate! Slide 16 Webpage for Rules for
Scattergories http://www.slideshare.net/lorinchina/scatterg
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http://www.clarkhumanities.org/oralhistory/2003/8367.htm Slide 18
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