NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

These are just a few interactions I’ve had since my students and I shared our public history project, “The Oral History of Forgottonia.” As part of the NCHE project, The Rural Experience in America , history club students at Cuba High School created a podcast about a local history topic of their choosing.

Oral History 100

Oral History Public History History Museum 100

Active History Teacher

MARCH 16, 2023

I have tried several projects over the years: Oral History projects, “pick a topic from this year and research deeper”, Instagram summaries, etc. Students begin their research on the following topics for their decade: fashion, innovations, music, fads, key events, literature, popular culture, kids/toys. Sound familiar?

History 195

History Oral History Middle School Cultures 195

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2022

Many of Kaler-Jones’ students — most of them Black — weren’t taught about important Black figures or positive history lessons from a non-white perspective in school. When she discovered this, Kaler-Jones began weaving culturally responsive lesson plans into her dance classes.

Oral History 143

Oral History History Pedagogy Lesson Plan 143

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

school system is a “mess.” A photojournalist, she’s at work on an oral history book project, interviewing scores of public school students, from kindergarten through 12th grade, across the country. Ifetayo Kitwala, an 11th-grade student at Baltimore School for the Arts in Baltimore. Do they feel that way?

Oral History 101

Oral History Advocacy Cultures Leadership 101

ASHP CML

OCTOBER 11, 2022

This summer thirty middle and high school teachers from throughout the United States joined the ASHP/CML for a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded Summer Institute on LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States. The institute introduced the rich body of recent scholarship covering the span of U.S.

History 40

History Oral History Archiving Cultures 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

A photojournalist, she’s at work on an oral history book project, interviewing scores of public school students, from kindergarten through 12th grade, across the country. Lilianna Salcedo, a 10th-grader at USC Hybrid High School in Los Angeles. When I came over here, I started being more proud of my culture.

Oral History 44

Oral History Middle School Cultures High School 44

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2022

Mask mandates in place at the beginning of the school year faced some resistance and were lifted in the spring. Ben Lawson , band and choir director at Redmond High School. Ben Wilson and Kami Karr stand outside of Redmond High School, in Oregon. Kami Karr , senior at Redmond High School.

Oral History 114

Oral History History High School Public School 114