Teaching with Oral Histories: Assessing First-Person Accounts

Tune into this program to learn approaches that help students evaluate and use primary sources as they learn to make sense of historical events.

December 08, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Learn More + Add to calendar 2020-12-08 12:00:00 PM 2020-12-08 1:00:00 PM America/Mexico_City 945 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130 Teaching with Oral Histories: Assessing First-Person Accounts Tune into this program to learn approaches that help students evaluate and use primary sources as they learn to make sense of historical events.

Oral histories are valuable and powerful sources of historical insight, but they need to be measured and evaluated like any primary source. Looking at examples from our collection, see how oral histories and first-person narratives can be used to teach history, and help your students evaluate and critically assess these sources as they would any other. Tune into this program to learn approaches that help students evaluate and use primary sources as they learn to make sense of historical events.