Folklife Resources for Educators

Materials Related to Radio

There are 2 titles in this list.

Teacher's Guide to the Teen Reporter Handbook
by University of Alberta Libraries
http://www.youthsource.ab.ca/teacher_resources/oral_guide.html

Teacher's guide accompanying the "Teen Reporter Handbook: How to Make Your Own Radio Diary," a publication created by NPR's Radio Diaries project to train young people in interviewing and making sound recordings about their own lives, their communities, and their families. (14 p. PDF) Includes link to the "Teen Reporter Handbook" (22 p. PDF). Also includes an oral history unit for classroom teaching and other resources related to doing oral history, such as oral history websites, lesson plans, instructions for developing oral history questions, and guidelines on recording an interview.

Sponsoring Organization:
University of Alberta Libraries
5-02 Cameron Library, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
T6G2J8
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/

Other Organizations:
Radio Diaries
169 Avenue A, Suite 13
New York NY 10009

http://www.radiodiaries.org/

Youth Portraits
by Sound Portraits Productions
http://youthportraits.org/resources.php#study_guide

The Youth Portraits project was established to teach young people recently released from New York City's Rikers Island correctional facility how to use audio to tell stories about their lives. With the help of Sound Portraits producers, the young people crafted short audio documentaries by conducting interviews, cutting their own tape, adding music, and using computers to create finished pieces that were aired on public radio in January 2002. The Youth Portraits web site features their photos, streamed audio pieces with transcripts, and curriculum materials. The educational resources include a study guide (62 p. PDF) plus a recording and interviewing tutorial. These materials can be used in the classroom or as part of a life skills curriculum with youth.

Sponsoring Organization:
Sound Portraits Productions
80 Hanson Place, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn NY 11217
(646) 723-7020
http://soundportraits.org/