"How has COVID-19 affected essential workers and their view towards working?"
The question above was the guiding question provided by Juliana in her interview with Elizabeth, a registered nurse who works in the ICU...
Storytelling in a Pandemic
This year has been tough for so many reasons. I don't have answers and instead seem to have a lot more questions. My little ones are...
“A Fuller, More Accurate Picture of the Past”: Oral History Projects from Karyn Thomas’s Classroom
Our next set of featured student oral history projects are from History/Social Studies teacher Karyn Thomas, who teaches in Val Verde...
"Beautiful Lives": Teaching and Learning in Kimberly Thomas's Classroom
The first set of student oral history projects comes from the awe-inspiring classroom of Kimberly Thomas, a History/Social Studies...
Teaching and Learning through Storytelling
In her foreword to Judith Flores Carmona and Kristen V. Luschen’s co-edited collection Crafting Critical Stories (2014), Rina Benmayor...
"I'm fuerte and I can do this": Learning from Our Storytellers
My English Composition students have had to complete oral histories for the past few years now, and recently I have recommended that they...
How Holding Space Leads to Active Listening
StartFragment A few years back I came across a phrase that has captivated me for some time. That phrase was “holding space.” A strange...
Listening to and Learning from Oral Histories
I come from a tradition of storytelling and storytellers. I have heard my mom’s and dad’s stories about growing up and, now, I tell my...