Use this complete oral history interview and narrative essay project to turn any Social Studies or ELA unit into an authentic PBL by expanding your students’ understanding of the world with the experts who surround them every day.

This kit is universal to work for all sorts of projects, including:

• U.S. History: family heritage or grandparent interviews (like NPR’s StoryCorps Great Thanksgiving Listen)
• English: oral history, biography, or favorite book interviews
• Current Events, Government/Civics: political positions interviews
• Sociology/Psychology: group identity, personal experiences interviews

This resource comes in both print PDF and paperless Google files for your flexibility!

Greatness is really listening to the words of another and their perspective on the world.

Challenge your students to go outside the classroom to learn the relevance of what you’re teaching and form a greater appreciation for people in their lives with this highly scaffolded project.

Included in this Interview Narrative Essay project:

• Project Steps sheet - take students from brainstorming to submitting in 6 simple steps
• Overview sheet - offer directions to each part of the narrative essay
• Outline sheet - include sentence stems to get them going
• Annotated Sample sheet - provide an example of a finished narrative essay
• Peer / Self Edit sheet - help to catch any aspects that need improvement
• Reflection & Rubrics sheets - give clear expectations for fast scoring
• 2 Skill Sheets - Sourcing Evidence and Creating a Works Cited
• Reflection & Rubrics sheets- give clear expectations for fast scoring and meaningful feedback
• PDF & Google files of all student materials

Note: student worksheets are available as print PDF and editable Google Docs; reference sheets are available as print PDF and uneditable Google Slides

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This listing is for one license for regular, non-commercial classroom use by a single teacher only. Commercial use like online teaching (ex. Outschool) or sharing with other teachers (ex. shared drive, in a Facebook group, in a professional development training) is strictly prohibited.

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