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4 AI Tools for Any Classroom

HistoryRewriter

Story File is ideal for helping students practice asking interview questions and conducting oral history projects. Teachers download the app on their phones, record whole class conversations, and get feedback on who spoke and how long they spoke within minutes.

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Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Studies Weekly

Benefits of Primary Sources: Humanizing History With primary sources, students as young as kindergarten age can grasp difficult concepts and glean meaning from past events. These resources can be used alongside historical sources of all kinds, like documents, photographs, videos, artwork, and more, to bring the stories they tell to life.

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The Great Thanksgiving Listen

Digital Promise

We’re thrilled to participate in StoryCorp’s The Great Thanksgiving Listen, a national oral history project that empowers young people – and people of all ages – to connect with a mentor, a family member, or someone they admire throughout the month of November, and record an interview with them using the free StoryCorps App.

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Teach the Struggle for Voting Rights

Zinn Education Project

Students share thoughts on what makes a “qualified” voter, then reconsider after reading an oral history by Fannie Lou Hamer. Here is an excerpt from that oral history interview: McMillen: When you first tried to vote, where was that? The first lesson considers who should vote. Was that in Ruleville?