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Kindred is a online project conducted through collaboration of iEARN students and teachers around the world. Students are invited to research the impact of events of history on the members of their family or community members by conducting interviews and writing a report about their experiences. Oral history gives students an insight into the historical events of their own country and the consequences for the people that they know. They may hear personal accounts of war, migration, natural disasters, important discoveries or celebrations. "Oral history serves as an exciting process designed to increase student involvement and improve student insight into historical experiences. It involves students directly in a method of historical inquiry, which includes the organization and presentation of data directly from another person. Oral history is an effective tool that requires students to become active participants in their own learning process. It invites inquiry, stimulates discussion, and transforms abstract concepts into concrete reality. Oral history is a process that aids in the reconstruction of the past and in preserving and documenting culture. It is an extension of the art of storytelling. In this sense, each of us has an oral history - an account of where we come from and how we got to be who we are. Communities, likewise, each have an oral history. So, too, do nations, families, and human organizations of every sort." - Farah Kamal, Pakistan This project is facilitated by Judy Barr, who teaches at St Paul's Anglican Grammar School in Australia.

Written and developed for iEarn Kindred by Martin Pywell, Year 11, St. Paul's Anglican Grammar School

Portions Written by Judy Barr, facilitator, iEarn Kindred