The Internet and the Preservation of Oral History
"It takes two to speak the truth--one to speak and the other to hear. " Henry David Thoreau

	Language is Alive
	Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales The old way. Short clips - Long download time. General Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Better. Quick audio but shallow content. Sgéilíní na Finne Quick audio, better content, but still not using hypermedia to its fullest.
	Tell Me A Story
	The Art of Storytelling Resources to make you a better storyteller. The Moonlit Road "A dark and stormy night" - with streaming audio, text, and graphics.
	Living History - Classroom Use
	Using Oral History, Lesson Overview From the Library of Congress, a primer on how to integrate oral history in the classroom American Dreams Through the Decades Also from the LoC, an example of a "WebQuest" structured around oral history. Speak the Speech, Trippingly On the Tongue Hundreds of audio and video clips for your use. The History Channel History and Politics Out Loud Social Security History Page Hundreds of audio and video clips. The LBJ collection is a fascinating glimpse of the man behind the title "President." Voices from the Dust Bowl 363 audio clips from the LoC collection. Old Colorado City Historical Society A small town organization preserves the memories of its earliest settlers. Frontline: The Gulf War Lewis & Clark No one integrates texts, pictures, audio, and ideas better than PBS. These two websites show the full potential of streaming audio.
	Other Resources
	CIMS Oral History Page An extensive resource for oral history researchers. Webography of Folklore and Education Internet Resources Annotated list of folklore resources. Audiographic Telecourses for the Web: An Experiment An interesting study showing students receiving audio of class lecturers over the Internet performed as well and were as satisfied as students in-class. Streaming Media Examples of the full range of streaming media available to educators.

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