Oral History Workshops

What better way to learn about the history of race relations in America than to interview people who actually lived through periods of great social change in the era of segregation, protests, great civil rights leaders, and legal landmarks?

Professional oral historians will lead workshops introducing procedures on how to conduct oral history interviews and will provide materials for teachers to guide students through the process.

A school may request one workshop for one of the following audiences:

	Teachers
	Middle School Students
	High School Students

Oral Historians:

	Janet Sims-Wood is former Assistant Chief Librarian in the Reference/Reader Services Department at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University. She has also taught at the University of Maryland in the Afro American Studies Department. Dr. Sims-Wood received her B.A. in Sociology from North Carolina Central University, her M.L.S. from the University of Maryland, and her Ph.D. in Women’s Studies/History/Oral History from Union Institute Graduate School.
	John D. Willard V is Maryland History Day Outreach Coordinator. He is also Associate Director for the Martha Ross Center for Oral History, housed at the UMBC, and has taught in the Humanities Center, the Honors College, as well as the History Department at UMBC. Mr. Willard received his BA from Loyola College in Baltimore and MA in history from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His diverse history projects, numbering more than a dozen, have included studies for the Armenian National Institute, the Apple Credit Union's 50th Anniversary, and the Distinguished Flying Cross Society.

For further information or to schedule an oral history workshop, contact Judy Dobbs at 410-685-4185 or jdobbs@mdhc.org with the following information:

	Applicant name, title, school, e-mail address, phone number
	Audience (teachers, middle school students, high school students)
	Approximate number of participants
	Location of workshop (address, room number)
	Preferred date, time, length of time; second choice date, time.