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    "How has COVID-19 affected essential workers and their view towards working?"

    Storytelling in a Pandemic

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    “A Fuller, More Accurate Picture of the Past”: Oral History Projects from Karyn Thomas’s Classroom

    “A Fuller, More Accurate Picture of the Past”: Oral History Projects from Karyn Thomas’s Classroom

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    "How has COVID-19 affected essential workers and their view towards working?"

    "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

    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

    “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

    "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

    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

    "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

    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

    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...
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