High School Ethnic Studies Initiative Resources

“Honoring the Women of Wounded Knee” 50th Anniversary Traveling exhibit 

The 1973 occupation or ‘liberation’ of Wounded Knee was a rallying cry for global Indigenous resistance and resurgence, and remains a defining moment in the centuries-long struggle for American Indian self-determination and tribal sovereignty. In February 2023, the Warrior Women Oral History Project launched a traveling exhibit to honor the lives and legacies of 12 matriarchs in their oral history collection whose vision, leadership, and guts are the reason for Wounded Knee. The exhibit’s beautifully-designed panels, gripping archival photographs, and poignant interview excerpts bring to life an occupation fueled by matriarchy, while embedded QR codes link to extended individual biographies and video clips from WWP’s original oral histories. Through foregrounding the forgotten Indigenous women leaders at the center of the iconic occupation, and sharing their stories in their own words, the exhibit sheds new light on how Native activists forged a self-governing community and brought sovereignty and self-determination into being.  

• www.warriorwomen.org/wk50 Honoring the Women of Wounded Knee Exhibit

• www.warriorwomenarchive.org (media from the exhibit - in progress)

Warrior Women Film

• warriorwomen.org/film Stream of license the film here

• warriorwomen.org/film-resources Film guide and Survival School Toolkit
  

Voice of Witness (VOW) 

The Power of the Story: The Voice of Witness Guide to Oral History compiled and edited by Cliff Mayotte, 2013 

This comprehensive guide allows teachers and students to explore contemporary issues through the transformative power of oral history, and to develop the communication skills necessary for creating vital oral history projects in their own communities. The Power of the Story includes: Flexible core curriculum-aligned lesson plans Narrative excerpts from the Voice of Witness series Step-by-step instructions for creating oral history projects in the classroom and community Teaching strategies for oral historyVOW’s book on teaching oral histories for high school.

Free download https://voiceofwitness.org/resources/the-power-of-the-story/
(Physical copy for purchase as well) 

Say It Forward: A Guide to Social Justice Storytelling edited by Cliff Mayotte and Claire Keifer 2018

Oral History ORGANIZATIONS

Oral History Association (OHA)

• Oral History Association Educator’s Resource

• Principles and Best Practices for Oral History Education (4-12), OHA

Separated: Stories of Injustice and Solidarity

• https://www.separatedoralhistories.org/

Angela LeBlanc-Ernest / Black Panther Party

• https://www.angelaleblancernest.com/oral-histories

Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment

• https://densho.org/

Interference Archive: The mission of Interference Archive is to explore the relationship between cultural production and social movements.

• https://interferencearchive.org/

Tho Outwords Archive: OUTWORDS captures, preserves, and shares the stories of LGBTQIA2S+ elders, to build community and catalyze social change.

• https://theoutwordsarchive.org/

Rochelle H Kwan

• https://www.rochellehkwan.com/oral-history

Green Card Voices: Green Card Voices is a non-profit organization dedicated to build inclusive and integrated communities between immigrants and their neighbors through multimedia storytelling.

• https://www.greencardvoices.org/

Freedom Archives

• https://freedomarchives.org/

Columbia’s Obama Presidency Oral History Project

• https://obamaoralhistory.columbia.edu/

Picture the Homeless Oral History Project

• https://housingjusticeoralhistory.org/projects/picture-the-homeless-1

Documenting the Now

• https://www.docnow.io/
  

Case Studies

• Case Study: Oral History in the Classroom, by Glenn Whitman
  

Lesson Plans using oral history 

Great Books Foundation and Studs Terkel Radio Archive Audio Curriculum Pilot - Teacher’s Edition

• Lesson 1: Studs Terkel Interview with Members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1962 

• Lesson 2: Studs Terkel Interview with Nathan Wright Jr., author of Black Power and Urban Unrest: Creative Possibilities, 1967

• Lesson 3: Studs Terkel Interviews with Cesar Chavez, 1967, and Dolores Huerta, 1975 

• Lesson 4: Studs Terkel Interview with Mary Jean Collins-Robson, Jo Freeman, and Naomi Weisstein, Women’s Rights Activists, 1970