For support in planning the project as well as teaching kids the process of oral history we recommend Talking Gumbo: An Oral History Manual for Secondary School Teachers and the accompanying video, You've Got to Hear This Story, by the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History (http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/williams/publications.html) at Louisiana State University.

We also recommend visiting the website of the Oral History Association. Here teachers can access information on standards for oral history, links to other oral history sites, and publications designed to guide oral history projects in the classroom (http://www.dickinson.edu/oha/).

In the Rome City School District we have been fortunate to contribute to the historical record of World War II by collaborating with the New York State Veterans' Oral History Project. This project was initiated by Governor George Pataki and is led by Mr. Michael Russert of the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs. (http://www.dmna.state.ny.us.veterans/index.html)

Sixth grade students at the Lowville Academy and Central School connected wtih veterans, spouses, and other members of the Lewis County (NY) community to learn about their roles in World War II, both overseas and on the homefront. (http://www.lacs-ny.org/ww2/Main_page2.htm)