This document outlines the process that Elco High School students and teachers took to complete an oral history project on a WWII veteran as part of the Veterans History Project. The students researched the veteran, planned interview questions, conducted a video interview with him, transcribed the interview, collected additional materials, and created a multimedia profile of the veteran to archive at the Library of Congress. The project gave students hands-on experience researching and honoring a local veteran's service.

1. VETERANS
HISTORY
PROJECT
ELCO HIGH SCHOOL

2. LT. COL J. RAY BICKEL
• WWII Navigator
• 467TH Bomb Group
• 35 Missions
• B-24 Liberator

3. Slugger Jr. Crew

4. Second Air division
• Reunions

5. ACCIDENT
• Hard fall
• Cracked 7 ribs
• Broke Pelvis
• Blood clot

6. Now or Never
• Lucy and my dad

7. Autobiography
• Childhood
• Military Service
• Career
• Video Interview

8. Planning
• Classrooms for the Future Initiative
• Technology Coaches
• Access to laptop cart
• Researched Veterans History Project
website

9. Coordingating Project
• Technology coach Amy Weddle invited
history teacher Donna Delcollo and her
class to work on the project.
• Teachers met several times during
planning periods to coordinate the
project

10. The Process
• Wikispaces
• Research
• Conducting an Interview
• Veterans Era/Conflict

11. Planning for the Interview
• More research
• Writing questions
• Practicing
• Video equipment

12. Camcorder practice
Video equipment
Battery charger
External mic

13. Conducting the Interview
• Polycom Interview

14. Writing the Transcript
• time consuming
• spelling places accurately

15. Collecting materials
• collecting photos
• memoirs

16. Burning interviews to DVD
• takes more time than you think

17. Delivering the Projects

18. Tour of the Library

19. Tour of the Library of
Congress

20. Veterans give speeches at
war memorials

21. Students create multimedia
narrative

23. Amy thanks veteran for his
service

24. WWII Veteran with his
granddaughter

25. Important tips