Does Oral or Local History Matter?
- enayiawilliams2
- Oct 21, 2020
- 1 min read
Some may have a different opinion on whether oral or local history matters, and how would it even be incorporated in a classroom or an assignment/activity.
I believe oral history matters because it helps us understand how people experienced history, oral history supports critical thinking by introducing contradiction into historical record. You can ask 20 different people about something that happened during a certain event, each person can tell you something related but it'll all may be different. Oral history, you could compare and contrast textbooks and the person you interviewed.
Local history matters because it allows students to learn and investigate geography, from connections between past and present, and gains life skills. The best local documents, wouldn't be found in libraries, or record offices, but maybe in a home.
Oral history evidence makes it possible to fill in gaps and refine what local history can be about. Interviewing indiviudal, taking notes, and having evidence, helps with story telling that focuses on a certain aspect of their lives in history.
How would we incoroparate oral and local history in a classroom? I believe by having certain activities would be a great idea to incorporate them into the classrooms, students can create timelines, newspapers, simulations, etc.
Using Oral History in the Elementary School Classroom:
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