An Oral History Project

Two other artists (a percussionist, and an actor) and I are doing a residency at a middleschool in Cleveland. We’re helping 6th, 7th, and 8th graders make their own recorded oral history project which includes drumming, creative writing, and use of apple laptops to edit it together. Today’s lesson was about how to record an interview of someone older who knows more about their topic than they do. They are learning how to tap into the past to help them as they move toward their future. They each took home one of these. . .

~ by deejaydoc on May 6, 2008.