Integrating the Family and the Community into the History Classroom: An Oral History Project in Joliet, Illinois

Autor/in	Lyons, John F.
Titel	Integrating the Family and the Community into the History Classroom: An Oral History Project in Joliet, Illinois
Quelle	In: History Teacher, 40 (2007) 4, S.481-491 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2745
Schlagwörter	United States History; Oral History; Community Colleges; Historians; History Instruction; Relevance (Education); Older Adults; Interviews; Archives; School Community Relationship; Family (Sociological Unit); Student Projects; Essays; Local History; War; Racial Discrimination; Immigrants; Teaching Methods; College Students; Museums; Genealogy; Primary Sources; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Oral tradition; Mündliche Überlieferung; Community college; Community College; Historian; Historiker; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Relevance; Relevanz; Älterer Erwachsener; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Archivwesen; Archiv; Familie; Schulprojekt; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Ortsgeschichte; Krieg; Racial bias; Rassismus; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Collegestudent; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Ahnenforschung; Genealogie; Primärquelle
Abstract	History instructors working in a community college face two major challenges. First, to make history interesting and relevant to the students, many of whom have to take history courses as a requirement. And second, to fulfill one of the missions of a community college which is to forge a connection between the school and the people in the local area. Since the spring of 2002, the author relates that he tried to accomplish these dual demands by assigning an oral history project in his United States History Since 1865 course, which he teaches at Joliet Junior College in Illinois. As part of the project, students conduct a tape recorded interview with their oldest living relative and with the information they obtain they write an essay that seeks to show how their family shaped, and was shaped by, United States history. The author then deposits the tapes in the Joliet Area History Museum archives where the tapes can be used by historians studying the local area. The project offers a wonderful window into the lives of the diverse group of people who live in the Joliet area. While conducting the interviews, students have shown a greater interest in United States history, and links have been forged between the college and the students' families, the local historical society, and historians in the community. (Contains 36 notes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Society for History Education. California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840-1601. Tel: 562-985-2573; Fax: 562-985-5431; Web site: http://www.thehistoryteacher.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10