Personal+History+Podcast

Process: 1. Decide on the focus on your autobiography. You have several options: 2. Conduct your research. Since this may be a self-reflection, your research may be in large part brainstorming information about yourself that you may need to work through to decide what you think is important. This also includes checking your recollections to that of someone else who was there at the time. (Your memory may not always be 100% correct.) This is called collaborating your facts. 3. Create an outline that logically demonstrates your information. In most instances, your information will be in chronological order. 4. Use the outline to write out your autobiography. Use manuscript format. 5. Rehearse reading your autobiography word for word. 6. Record your autobiography using audacity. Simply read it word for word into the microphone. 7. Export it as an MP3 8. Turn your autobiography essay and MP3 in to Mr. Kelly by the due date.
 * Historical Autobiography**
 * Task** While your textbook may make it seem that history is composed of a series of random and not so random events placed in chronological order, reality is much different. History is created by the acts of individuals and groups interacting with each other to produce change.  Each individual plays a part in the society around him/her.  This interaction is the root of all history.  As a result, you will take time to reflect on the history of yourself and your family and create a brief biography for the historical record.
 * Recount the history of your life from birth to the current day.
 * Focus on an important event or time period in your life.
 * Record for posperity the history of your family. You can go back as far as your family documents and recollections will allow.  Living relatives will be a great source of information for this type of biography.  You can also see if your family already subscribes to a web-based research tool such as ancestary.com ro another site.  Note:  Since this is just an introductory activity, I would not recommend getting a subscription just for this research.
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