Writing Project 3--Oral History Write-up

Writing Project 3 is a special project because the actual writing is the secondary part, the stuff that comes before the writing is the really unique part of this writing project.

So, as a part of Writing Project 3 you will be interviewing a wageworker; in essence you will be doing an oral history with a person that you select over Spring Break. Part of this process will be to sit-down with the person, record an oral history, and then report back on your experience.

I would suggest taking this opportunity to interview a relative and perhaps turn this into the start of a type of family history project. We will be going over the process of doing an oral history in class, so in this entry, I will detail the outcomes needed for this writing project.

This writing project will entail doing a two-page paper. The first page of the paper will be a short history of the job that your interviewee did as a wageworker. Be sure to incorporate recollections from your interviewee into the short history of the person's wagework, but also include a reference from a book or scholarly journal.

For the second page of this writing project, transition into the experience of doing your oral history. Attempt to analyze what you learned from this process, what you liked or disliked about the process, or what you might do different if you were to do this again.

Third page will be the works cited page, which should include the entry for your oral history interview and the entry for your book or scholarly journal.

I will be looking forward to reading about your experiences doing an oral history interview.