StoryCorps

StoryCorps is an oral history project preserved at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Their mission is to provide all Americans the opportunity to record, share, and preserve their life stories. An interview or conversation between two people is recorded and preserved. Librarians can sponsor on-site recording days and have students record a session with a parent, grandparent, or other loved one. This could be a culminating activity that results from a collaborative project between English teachers, history teachers, and librarian. What a powerful teaching tool that involves the community and makes learning a living, breathing entity. In addition to recording your own story, you can listen to the stories of others and learn about events, such as the Stonewall Riots in 1969, Mendez vs. Westminster, stories from WWII and the Iraq War, in addition to personal family histories. Visit StoryCorps at http://storycorps.org and listen to hundreds of moving stories and/or make a reservation to record your own.