Michele Anderson and Scott Cramer

Anderson’s and Cramer’s innovative teaching idea, “Vietnam Oral History Project,” will allow the entire student body to learn the history of the Vietnam War directly from Vietnam veterans. This project allows students to make personal connections to better understand the history and controversies surrounding this time period. Sociology students will benefit by recording the oral history interviews of veterans and submitting them into the Library of Congress Veteran's Project. History students will benefit from learning about the war directly from these interviews and recreating a Vietnam War USO dance for the student body and community. To honor those veterans who gave their life for their country, students will also research deceased veterans to create a remembrance display. The band and choir will research historical music and perform the numbers at the reenactment USO dance.