Oral History Of Children’s Toys, Games and Leisure Time Some ideas and photos were taken from Toys and Games: An Oral History , in the East Midlands Oral History Archive. http://www.le.ac.uk/emoha/schools/toys/index.html

Play changes with each generation What toys and games did you like when you were a child? How did you spend your leisure time? Did you have different toys, games and leisure activities than your parents?

What toys and games did you like when you were a child?

How did you spend your leisure time?

Did you have different toys, games and leisure activities than your parents?

Oral History (1) Oral History is based on interviewing people to learn about historical change. Think of a topic and what you would like to learn from it. Do some background reading on the topic to learn what other people have written.

Oral History is based on interviewing people to learn about historical change.

Think of a topic and what you would like to learn from it.

Do some background reading on the topic to learn what other people have written.

Oral History (2) Decide who to interview What generation, location or gender (etc.) are you targeting? Get permission from the person to publish their private information in a research report.

Decide who to interview

What generation, location or gender (etc.) are you targeting?

Get permission from the person to publish their private information in a research report.

Oral History (3) Decide how to interview: Face to face Telephone Take notes Record voice Record video

Decide how to interview:

Face to face

Telephone

Take notes

Record voice

Record video

Oral History (4) Decide how to preserve your interview Written summary Transcribe a recording or video

Decide how to preserve your interview

Written summary

Transcribe a recording or video

Oral History (5) Decide how to publish or share your research Internet Paper Verbal presentation Graphic from: Wise, Debra & Forrest, Sandra. 2003. Great Big Book of Children's Games: Over 450 Indoor and Outdoor Games for Kids . Boston: McGraw-Hill Professional, ISBN 0071422463, 9780071422468.

Decide how to publish or share your research

Internet

Paper

Verbal presentation

Today’s Class Topic: Children’s games, toys and leisure activities: How have they changed? Learn about your classmates’ childhood and how it was the same or different from children today.

Topic: Children’s games, toys and leisure activities: How have they changed?

Learn about your classmates’ childhood and how it was the same or different from children today.

Think & prepare How was your experience different from that of kids today? How was your grandparents experience different?

How was your experience different from that of kids today?

How was your grandparents experience different?

Gender, location, etc. Were there games or activities that were different for boys and girls? Were there games or activities that were different between the country and city. Were there games or activities that were special to the area you or the interviewee lived?

Were there games or activities that were different for boys and girls?

Were there games or activities that were different between the country and city.

Were there games or activities that were special to the area you or the interviewee lived?

Let’s do Oral History!