Oral histories

Oral histories are one tool that historians use to understand the past. Go to the StoryCorps Animation (Links to an external site.) websites and view a couple of the oral history animated videos. Then answer the following questions: Why is oral history important? What can be gained from oral history than is missing in other types of sources? Is this a valuable teaching tool? What are the problems that oral history might present? Which video(s) did you enjoy and why?

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