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HISTORY HONOR SOCIETY
Advisors
Mr. Longenecker (jlongenecker@ldsd.org) & Dr. Chortanoff (schortanoff@ldsd.org)
Application
HHS Application
Resources
DAVID McCULLOUGH's SPEECHES ON THE VALUE OF HISTORY:
2x Pulitzer Prize Winning Historian and Author David McCullough:
2008 Commencement Speech at Boston College (15:00) (Pdf version)
St. John Fisher’s University’s “Commencement Speech” (3:00)
On CBS' 60 Minutes:“Journey Through History” (13:30)
“Heroes of History” (13:00)
”The Value of History” (3:00)
TIME magazine's interview: “10 Questions” (6:00)
Veterans Oral History Project
Veterans Oral History Project(partnered with the US Army Heritage Education Center, its Army Heritage Center Foundation, and the Library of Congress)Dr. Chortanoff is pleased to work with Mr. Hawks, Education Director of the Army Heritage Center Foundation, to bring LDHS students together with veterans of all eras for a substantive, historical interview that captures their personal account of military service to America. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn from and honor our veterans, connect community members with schools and students, and conduct historical research that will be preserved in and may be accessed by historians at the archives of the USAHEC and the Library of Congress. The links below have PowerPoint presentations and PDF forms that help to explain the process and purposes of this unique program.What is the process? Essentially, two students will interview one veteran based on a survey developed by the Military History Institute of the AHEC. The veterans do not have to be combat veterans and can be from any branch of service of any era. The interview will be digitally audio recorded and submitted with the proper authorization forms from the student, parent, and veteran. The students may expand on the questions, skip some questions, and/or conduct a follow-up interview that fills in any gaps that may have been created in the interview. The veteran can skip any question he or she desires.Power Points Presentations:Authorization Forms:Surveys:Korean War (1950-1953)Vietnam War (1945-1975)* Dr. Chortanoff has copies of these surveys and authorization forms.For more info on conducting an oral history, see the National WWII Museum.
