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Education & Community Articles
LifeEcho articles on education & community — covering voice memory recording, family storytelling, and preserving the voices of the people you love.
Community Oral History: Preserving Your Town's Story
A practical guide for local historians, librarians, and community members who want to start a community oral history project — from deciding what to record and how to organize it, to archiving and sharing what you collect.
How Libraries Can Offer Voice Memory Recording Programs
Libraries are already trusted community spaces with oral history resources. Here's how they can add voice memory recording as a patron service — including equipment, partnerships, staff training, outreach, and grant funding.
How to Use Voice Recordings in a History Class
A focused guide to the pedagogy of voice recordings in history education — from analyzing archival oral testimony to having students conduct their own interviews as primary source assignments.
Oral History Projects for Schools: A Teacher's Guide
A practical guide for K-12 teachers on how to design and run oral history projects in history, English, and social studies classes — from project structures to equipment, privacy, and assessment.