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Student O
Student T
Group Postings:Post any notes and your final project below:
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You are creating a visual aid for your research paper. Watch the music video and listen to the lyrics of "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel. Pick one of the topics he mentions in the song for the topic of your research paper. You will write a paper and create a 2 minute video that includes the main points of your topic. You will upload your paper to our Google Classroom and you will upload your video below.
References and Resources:
Example
Rubric{We Didn't Start the Fire lyrics.docx}
Example:
Rubric:
{Video Presentation Rubric.docx}
Post your research paper and video below:
Student A
Student B

Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov
"History Matters" http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/oral/online.html#exemp
Post{Student Oral History Analysis.docx}
{How to write about the Oral History.docx}
{Writing your Oral History Essay Guidelines.docx}
Post your essay here:
Student A
Student B

What is Oral History?
What youryou're doing:
For this project, you will be using a multitude of resources and researching skills. First, you will do a brief search on your own nationality. Ask parents, grandparents, or other relatives what they know about your family's origin; go as far back as you can to find your country of origin/heritage. Once you have found this answer, it will serve as the starting point for your search of oral history interviews. We will spend a day in class researching oral history interviews related to your own nationality and/or heritage. While you are listening to and watching these interviews related to your heritage, you will be listening for a connection to a historical event. Did the person being interviewed escape Germany during WWII? Is the person a Native American who was displaced from his land? Find a connection of the person being interviewed to a historic event that he or she went through or experienced. Research this particular historical event (using the oral history as a source plus TWO more reputable sources) and write your essay combining everything you have learned.
Your essay will be 4-5 pages, and it will include biographical information on the person being interviewed, historical information and context of the event the interviewee witnessed, compare/contrast information of the interviewee and your other sources of the historical event, and your reaction to everything you learned.