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Connecting with community through oral history: In Oral history in the classroom, page 5; Through interviews and photographs, Harnett County students learn about their community's agricultural past.; Format: article; By Jean Sweeney Shawver.

Educator's Guides: North Carolina Digital History: Best practices, process guides, worksheets, and other resources for teaching with LEARN NC's digital textbook of North Carolina history.; Format: (multiple pages)

Incorporating oral history into the K–12 curriculum: In Oral history in the classroom, page 3; Oral history techniques for use with students at all levels, from kindergarten through high school.; Format: article; By Kathryn Walbert.

The not-so-famous person report: In Rethinking Reports, page 3.2; Instead of teaching the history of the famous, use research in primary sources to teach students that the past and present were made by people like them.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Oral history and student learning: In Oral history in the classroom, page 2; Oral history enriches historical knowledge; enhances research, writing, thinking, and interpersonal skills; gives students a connection to the community; and helps all students feel included.; By Kathryn Walbert.

Oral history links and resources: In Oral history in the classroom, page 6; Guides, tips, lesson plans, and examples of student projects on the web.; Format: article; By Kathryn Walbert.

Rethinking Reports: Creative research-based assignments provide alternatives to the President Report, Animal Report, and Famous Person Report that ask students to think about old topics in new ways, work collaboratively, and develop products that support a variety of learning styles.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Ten questions for planning an oral history project: In Oral history in the classroom, page 4; Plan ahead to avoid frustration and to ensure that your students get as much as possible out of an oral history project.; Format: article; By Kathryn Walbert.

Two worlds: Educator's guide: Lesson plans and activities to be used with "Two Worlds: Prehistory, Contact, and the Lost Colony" -- the first part of a North Carolina history textbook for secondary students.; Format: book (multiple pages)

The value of oral history: In Oral history in the classroom, page 1; Why use oral history with your students? Oral history has benefits that no other historical source provides.; Format: article; By Kathryn Walbert.

LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of North Carolina — and the world.