The following is a timeline of each phase of Saint Andrew’s Oral History Project. This project does not replace material coverage for either the Advanced Placement United States History or Twentieth Century World classes though significant time is set aside for developing the skills of student oral historians and each phase of the project. Students see the project as a compliment to other work conducted in the course rather than a separate entity of the course.
· Project is introduced and distributed prior to Thanksgiving break. This allows students’ ample time for securing an interviewee, which might come out of a family conversation over Thanksgiving dinner, but more often then not is the product of student initiative and interest
• Late October--Preliminary explanation of finding an interviewee and topic (in class).
• Early November--All students will meet at 6:30pm. Project is introduced and materials distributed.; This allows students ample time for securing an interviewee which might not come out of a family conversation over Thanksgiving dinner but more often than not is the product of student initiative and interest.
• First Week of December--Interview selection and pre-interview worksheet (TYPED). Research should begin as soon as an interviewee is secured.
• Third Week of December--Historical contextualization.
• Third Week of December--Initial 15 interview questions due and student/teacher conferences.
Most
interviews take place over the December Holiday break though students should
be flexible to the interviewee’s schedule.
• Second Week of January--Interview transcription due.
• Third Week of January--Biography, revised historical contextualization and analysis due.
• Final Week of Janaury--FINAL DRAFT DUE AND DISC (Copy of the project sent to interviewee as a courtesy as well as an opportunity to evaluate the transcription before web posting).
· Third Week of February--Museum Exhibition Due.
• Last Week of February--ORAL
HISTORY COFFEE HOUSE. Invite
your interviewee and parents to join us as students present their projects.
Will include student readings, PowerPoint and web presentations.