Sharing Stories Inspiring Change 1. Adjust the volume of your computer using the speaker button (you should see a speaker icon in the top, black menu of your meeting room). Use headphones if possible. 2. Using the phone icon, enable your microphone using the drop-down menu (strongly recommended) or use the call-in information to join by phone. 3. Practice muting your microphone (the icon will be green with a line through it). If you are calling in, mute using your phone controls. Once the program begins, please stay mute when you are not speaking. 4. If you’d like to enable your webcam so we will be able to see you (the webcam icon will turn green). 5. Practice raising and lowering your hand. This will allow you to ask questions without interrupting the flow of the program. 6. Locate the chat box in the bottom right and introduce yourself to the group. Welcome, and thanks for coming! Get Set Up
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Sharing Stories
Inspiring Change
1. Adjust the volume of your computer using the speaker button (you should
see a speaker icon in the top, black menu of your meeting room). Use
headphones if possible.
2. Using the phone icon, enable your microphone using the drop-down menu
(strongly recommended) or use the call-in information to join by phone.
3. Practice muting your microphone (the icon will be green with a line through
it). If you are calling in, mute using your phone controls. Once the program
begins, please stay mute when you are not speaking.
4. If you’d like to enable your webcam so we will be able to see you (the
webcam icon will turn green).
5. Practice raising and lowering your hand. This will allow you to ask questions
without interrupting the flow of the program.
6. Locate the chat box in the bottom right and introduce yourself to the group.
Welcome, and thanks for coming!
Get Set Up
Yes! This program will
be recorded.
Recordings will be made
available at a later date, or upon
request.
Sharing Stories
Inspiring Change
Sharing Stories
Inspiring Change
Who is this person?
What did this person do?
Why did they do it?
Who am I?
What do I do / What do I want to do?
Why do I do it?
You Cannot Be What You Cannot See
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Two Short Polls
Katrina’s Jewish Voices,
Joel Brown, Owner of Kosher Cajun
restaurant in New Orleans
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Inspiring Change
Oral History Builds & Diversifies the Historical
Record
What does oral history
offer to us (educators)
and to our students?
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Inspiring Change
Fosters Four Areas of Student Learning
Emergent Learning:Pursuit of Personal Interest
Skill Building
Emotional Health & Growth
Relationships/Role Models
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Sharing Family Stories Makes Kids
Resilient
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Stories Help People Construct Identity
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Components of an Oral History Project
Collecting
(Interviews)
Sharing
(Presentation/Preservation)
Connecting
(Project/Research)
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Resources for Collecting Stories
• In Our Own Voices• Resource for conducting life history interviews with Jewish women
• http://jwa.org/stories/how-to/guide
• Family History Tool Kit• Guide adapted for tweens/teens (for girls but anyone can use it)
• http://mybatmitzvahstory.org
• Museum of Family History• Lesson plan for creating a museum of stories and artifacts