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• Decide on your theme and how you will approach the project. Practise working in groups.
• Find resources on your theme.
• Do the research.
• Listen to media and oral history.
• Prepare the interview questions.
• Practise using recording equipment.
• Find interviewees.
• Practise interviewing.
• Have a casual visit with the interviewee.
• Discuss your project's ethical guidelines with the interviewee. Get a consent form signed.
• Choose roles for the oral history team members.
• Plan how to organize the information you collect.
• Set up a time and place for the interview.
• Prepare equipment and supplies for the interview.
• Do the interview and photographs.
• Schedule the time for the next interview.
• Copy the recording and store two copies separately.
• Develop or download photos.
• Listen to your interview as a group. Check your question list.
• Write a biography of the storyteller and an interview summary.
• Transcribe interview.
• Decide how you will share the information with the community.
• Present you work to the community!

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