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> Teacher guidelines Interviewing and oral history
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EDUCATIONAL WORKFORMS
(discussed during a workshop on family history given in summer 2005 by Leyla Zuaiter to AEI’s women’s group in Bethlehem)
Discuss sources of identity
Discuss importance of knowledge of heritage and history for Palestinians
Make a Family Tree based on what one knows
Collect information from Extended Family to complete as much as one can
Learn the history of your clan
Make a time line of your life, your family, Bethlehem, Palestine
Research a member of your family
Research your family in Written resources
Book reports on biographies etc.
Treasure hunt:
Find as many names as you can with the name of family X
Take excerpts of traveller’s tales about Bethlehem and try to put in the correct order/date them
Make a grid of the different newspapers in Bethlehem in various historical periods
Collect family documents and photos
Conduct an oral interview of a family member
Visit a Cemetery, photograph headstones; find out about one of the people buried there etc.
Learn about the clan/hara structure in Bethlehem (Beit Jala/ Beit Sahour)
Photograph people/places of importance to your family
Explore Library Resources: make annotated bibliography
Write a letter to a relative to ask for information
Collect family artifacts and discuss their significance
Collect testimonies from many people concerning a specific period (eg. Mandate)
Enter your Family History onto Family History Software
Become a penpal with a relative living in the diaspora
Go interview people from refugee camps in area to learn about the families and the towns they came from
Look on Query boards on Genealogy Websites and try to answer their questions about Bethlehem(ites)
Go on Genealogy Websites and see who is looking for your name
Learn about the different religious/ethnic communities in Palestine.
Find out where in the world people have your surname
Make a scrapbook of photos, documents, oral histories collected, your diary
Assemble objects, photos, documents etc to make a photo collage
Photos Family
Homes
Cemeteries
Tombstones
Places bearing family names
Family artifacts
Documents
Video Clips Wedding
Feast days
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