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Lights, camera, action! Participants are now ready to conduct a live interview with Rev. Shuttlesworth (or other participant)

Read poem “Ballad of Birmingham” to group. Use BCRI Resource Gallery to introduce participants to video interviews.

Have participants prepare specific questions which can be asked of civil rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth (or other participant)

Ask specific questions about peple and events of the Civil Rights Era. Get participant’s reactions.

Let participants conduct a mock oral history interview. Have at least 2 participants role play and others ask questions.

Sources of Information

Give group specific assignments on individual or incident from the period. Using the list of available resources, create a diagram

Let participants create posters or small drawings of key leaders or events of the era. They must find an image and create a line drawing from it.

Using Oral History as an Educational Resource

Subject:

Social Studies

Grade:

Intermediate, Middle School

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Resources

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Sources of Information

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