Your Story @ your library

Kathryn KelleyApril 21, 2006

Target Audience

• ELL students at Lincoln High School whose families have recently immigrated to this country

Community Needs

• Affirmation of the immigrant youth experience

• Appreciation of and connection to family history and culture

• Attitudes towards immigrants

Challenges• Possible reluctance of teens to participate• Unwillingness of family members to share

personal stories• Language barriers• Recording equipment access

Opportunities

• ELL instructors

• Utilize StoryCorps online resources

• Public library or media center resources on interviewing, oral history

Main Goal

• Students will learn tools and

techniques to record oral history• Discover the value of their individual and family

stories as American history• Add diversity to library collection• Enhance relationship between schools and

public libraries

Key Message

Your family, your history, your story

Strategies

• Meet with Lincoln High School instructors

• Publicize through the public library website

• Pitch as human interest to local media

• Contact local organizations serving immigrants and refugees

Evaluation

• Student written report• Instructor feedback• Invite families and communities to listen to

and discuss interviews• Media response• Materials added to collection

Your Story