Oral histories: Part 2

Teacher notes

In this lesson, students will plan and carry out an interview as part of an oral history project. Carrying out this project with learners who do not have English as their mother tongue (EAL learners) is particularly useful, as: • it allows children to work in their mother tongue • it provides valuable opportunities for families to connect to school • it demonstrates schools valuing communities, languages, customs and cultures. Encourage EAL learners to use their mother tongue in their home research for this work, and also in class, especially if you have learners who share the same language. This can be very positive because it will result in multi-lingual outputs, accessible to your school community; and children can act as translators for teachers and class members, which puts them in a situation where they become language experts, so their bilingualism is recognised as an asset. You may want to ask pupils to interview one another, adults in school, or family members, as a piece of extended work. **Lyfta core themes:** Community and Citizenship, Culture and Identity, Equality and Human Rights, Learning and Growth, Health and Wellbeing, Relationships. **Lyfta core skills and values**: Active Listening, Communication, Decision Making, Digital Literacy, Empathy and Understanding Others, Human Rights, Healthy Living, Intercultural Competence. **SDGs:** 11, 16 **National Curriculum objectives:** KS2/3 Literacy Spoken language: to develop oracy through preparing for interviews, listening, recording through note taking and more extended writing maintaining attention and participating actively in collaborative conversations, staying on topic and initiating and responding to comments participating in discussions for a specific purpose selecting and using appropriate registers for effective communication. Writing composition: to draft and write for different purposes; compose and rehearse sentences orally; retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction. KS2/3 History to earn to appreciate the value of oral history(ies) as a way of presenting local and social histories. KS2/3 PSHE H25. about personal identity; what contributes to who we are R33. to listen and respond respectfully to a wide range of people, including those whose traditions, beliefs and lifestyle are different to their own.