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Narrative Essay - Interview or Oral History Project for History or ELA

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Let's Cultivate Greatness
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Grade Levels
9th - 12th, Homeschool
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Formats Included
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Pages
9 PDF + Google pages
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What educators are saying

My students are working on this project right now and really enjoying it. The layout makes it super simple and approachable for them.
This was great. I modified it for my grade 6 students and had them interview a family member who immigrated to this country. We read Ashes of Roses and then followed up with this project. Thank you.
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Description

Use this complete oral history interview and narrative essay project to turn any Social Studies or ELA unit into an authentic PBL by expanding your students’ understanding of the world with the experts who surround them every day.

This kit is universal to work for all sorts of projects, including:

  • U.S. History: family heritage or grandparent interviews (like NPR’s StoryCorps Great Thanksgiving Listen)
  • English: oral history, biography, or favorite book interviews
  • Current Events, Government/Civics: political positions interviews
  • Sociology/Psychology: group identity, personal experiences interviews

This resource comes in both print PDF and paperless Google files for your flexibility!


Greatness is really listening to the words of another and their perspective on the world.

Challenge your students to go outside the classroom to learn the relevance of what you’re teaching and form a greater appreciation for people in their lives with this highly scaffolded project.

Included in this Interview Narrative Essay project:

  • Project Steps sheet - take students from brainstorming to submitting in 6 simple steps
  • Overview sheet - offer directions to each part of the narrative essay
  • Outline sheet - include sentence stems to get them going
  • Annotated Sample sheet - provide an example of a finished narrative essay
  • Peer / Self Edit sheet - help to catch any aspects that need improvement
  • Reflection & Rubrics sheets - give clear expectations for fast scoring
  • 2 Skill Sheets - Sourcing Evidence and Creating a Works Cited
  • Reflection & Rubrics sheets- give clear expectations for fast scoring and meaningful feedback
  • PDF & Google files of all student materials

Note: student worksheets are available as print PDF and editable Google Docs; reference sheets are available as print PDF and uneditable Google Slides


Check out these other plug-and-play universal writing projects!

This listing is for one license for regular, non-commercial classroom use by a single teacher only. Commercial use like online teaching (ex. Outschool) or sharing with other teachers (ex. shared drive, in a Facebook group, in a professional development training) is strictly prohibited.

By purchasing a license to this resource, you have access to all future updates at no cost, available under “My Purchases." Multiple and transferable licenses are available for purchase. PDF files are uneditable, other files have editing abilities, unless otherwise stated. All files are protected under federal copyright laws.

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Total Pages
9 PDF + Google pages
Answer Key
Rubric only
Teaching Duration
2 Weeks
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes.
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes.

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