Coastal Change Oral Histories Project

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Teacher Resources

Equipment:

• Field Recorder Tutorial (PDF)

Interviewing:

• Noises That Can Ruin Your Interviews (PDF)
• Post Interview Checklist (PDF)
• Questions for Inter-Class Interviewing (Word doc)
• Sample Interview Questions (Word doc)
• Things Needed for Interviews, Checklist (PDF)

Indexing & Transcriptions:

• Indexing Guidelines (PDF)
• Indexing Samples: Good Sample vs. Bad Sample
• Indexing Template (Word doc)
• Transcript Format and Style Guide for Transcribers, Auditors and Editors (PDF)

Teacher Workshop:

• Talking Gumbo: A Teacher’s Guide to Using Oral History in the Classroom
• Teacher Training Workshop Agenda (PDF)
• Teacher Training Workshop Presentation (PDF)
• Voices from the Fisheries: Preserving Local Fisheries Knowledge, Linking Generations, and Improving Environmental Literacy (PDF)

Project Forms

• Equipment Check Out Form ( PDF)
• Informed Oral Consent (PDF)
• Interviewee Release Form (PDF)
• Underage Interviewer Release Form (PDF)

Sample Oral Histories

• A History of Louisiana Dried Shrimp (YouTube)
• Coastal Change Oral History Project: Timmy Vincent Interview (YouTube)
• Grand Isle Diaries