Glenn Whitman is currently history department chairman at St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland. He has been using oral history as an educational methodology with students at three independent schools since 1991. In 1997 his work with students was recognized by the Oral History Association's Pre-collegiate Teaching Award. Whitman has been active in regional and national oral history activities for many years. He has served as an At-Large board member for Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region and presented at the Oral History Association's annual conference. In addition to sharing his work with oral historians and educators through conferences and workshops, Whitman wrote 'Teaching Students How to Be Historians: An Oral History Project for the Pre-collegiate Classroom' (The History Teacher, Fall 2000).

• Part 1 ForewordPart 2 PrefacePart 3 Introduction: The Case for Oral History in Your Classroom or ProgramChapter 4 Chapter 1: The Student Oral HistorianChapter 5 Chapter 2: Getting StartedChapter 6 Chapter 3: Creating an Oral History ProjectChapter 7 Chapter 4: Conducting an Oral History ProjectChapter 8 Chapter 5: Listening to Experience: Interviews with Five Oral History EducatorsChapter 9 Chapter 6: Voices from the Field: The Student as Oral HistorianChapter 10 Chapter 7: Lessons from The American Century ProjectChapter 11 Chapter 8: Meeting StandardsChapter 12 Chapter 9: Going Public: Linking Curriculum and CommunityPart 13 Appendices: Project Handouts (Reproducible)Part 14 Oral History Sources and ResourcesPart 15 IndexPart 16 About the Author

As a teacher who uses oral history creatively in his classes, Glenn Whitman shares his enthusiasm, expertise, and high expectations in this handy manual. Dialogue With the Past offers teachers wise advice and a detailed design for implementing student oral history projects.