Library of Materials

Printable Teacher Toolkit & Materials

In English	Link
The Great Listen Teacher Toolkit 2021 (all materials in PDF)	Download Printable PDF
Printable Classroom Posters (set of five)	Download Printable PDFs
Make History with StoryCorps Handout	Download Printable PDF
Keywording 101 Handout	Download Printable PDF
Recipes for Success on Interview Day Handout	Download Printable PDF
The Great Listen – Great Questions List	Download Printable PDF
Interview Planning Worksheet	Download Printable PDF
Sample Permission Slip	Download Printable PDF
Recording Recommendations	Download Printable PDF
10 Conversation Tips	Download Printable PDF
StoryCorps Connect: Getting Started	Download Printable PDF
Activities for Exploring the StoryCorps Archive	Download Printable PDF
Creating a Community Page on the StoryCorps Archive	Download Printable PDF

En Español	Link
Lista de Preguntas	Descargar PDF Imprimible
StoryCorps Connect: Para Grabar	Descargar PDF Imprimible

Printable Placemat

It’s the connections they’ll remember more than the centerpiece or the stuffing. Download and print the official 2021 Great Thanksgiving Listen placemat, in whatever quantity you need, and you’ll have a sampler platter of Great Questions closer than the salt shaker. Use them as ice-breakers around the table, then after the meal find a quiet place and record your interview with the free StoryCorps App.

Download Printable PDF (size: 8.5″ x 11″)

Podcast

	Title	Watch	Download
	Podcast 452: The First Great Listen (21 mins.) A selection of stories, plus a mystery, as recorded and shared by people across the country during The Inaugural Great Thanksgiving Listen.

Videos About The Great Thanksgiving Listen

	Title	Watch	Download
	The Great Thanksgiving Listen: A Guide for Educators (30 min.) A pre-recorded, comprehensive webinar for educators to highlight everything you need to know about The Great Listen.
	The Great Thanksgiving Listen: A Starter’s Manual for Students (30 min.) A pre-recorded webinar that introduces students to The Great Thanksgiving Listen assignment.
	The Great Thanksgiving Listen from StoryCorps & Google (1 min.) An introduction to The Great Listen, created in partnership with Google in 2015, featuring David Hyde Pierce.
	Dave Isay’s 2016 TED Talk (8 min.) Get inspired when our founder shares what happened when StoryCorps invited students to record during the inaugural Great Thanksgiving Listen.
	Dave Isay’s 2015 TED Talk (22 min.) The TED Talk that sparked a movement. Hear our founder’s vision to take StoryCorps global and about the launch of the app.

Videos with Tips for Using the App and StoryCorps Connect

	Title	Watch	Download
	How To Use The StoryCorps App (2 min.) Learn how to use the free StoryCorps App in five simple steps!
	How To Use StoryCorps Connect (2 min.) An easy road map for recording on our newest free tool, StoryCorps Connect!
	A Recipe for Success in 5 Steps (1 min.) Ingredients for The Great Thanksgiving Listen: a quiet place, you, someone you love, and the StoryCorps App.

Videos of StoryCorps Classics

	Title	Watch	Download
	“An Intro to StoryCorps” (3 min.) Learn more about StoryCorps in this conversation between StoryCorps Founder Dave Isay and his nephew.
	“No More Questions” (4 min.) Timeless wisdom from Kay Wang, a strong-willed grandmother who shares stories with her son and granddaughter.
	“Eyes on the Stars” (3 min.) A remembrance of NASA astronaut Ronald E. McNair, who followed his childhood dreams to become the second African-American to enter space.
	“Clean Streets” (3 min.) Sanitation workers Angelo Bruno and Eddie Nieves reflect on their years of working together and what they learned on the job.
	“The Icing on the Cake” (3 min.) Blanca Alvarez in conversation with her daughter, Connie, about hardship their family faced and the lessons learned when they came to the U.S.
	“Silvia’s Legacy” (2.5 min.) In the 1950s, Ellaraino travels to the Louisiana log cabin of her elderly great-grandmother, gaining a new perspective on what it means to be free.

Videos for Further Inspiration

Watch these intergenerational animated stories in your classroom as inspiration leading up to Thanksgiving, or invite your students to watch and share a story with the person they are going to interview.

	Title	Watch	Download
	“The Temple of Knowledge” (2.5 min.) Growing up, Ronald Clark spent every night in a library with his father, who worked as a custodian at the New York Public Library.
	“My Father, The Giant” (2 min.) Kiamichi-tet Williams learns about his grandfather, Melford, who was a tribal leader for the Caddo Nation in Oklahoma.
	“Mi Abuela Panchita” (2 min.) A San Antonio bishop believes he is his family’s dispenser of spiritual wisdom. He is reminded by his abuelita that there are some things only elders can grasp.
	“Double Major” (3 min.) Wil Smith enrolled as a freshman at Bowdoin College with his infant daughter, Olivia. The two look back together on their days as college roommates.
	“A Life Worth Living” (3 min.) MJ Seide remembers falling in love and getting to know the extended family she never thought she would have. She and her granddaughter reflect on their close family bonds.
	“Leading the Way” (3 min.) 95 year-old John Washington was born blind and with a severe loss of hearing. He sat down with his eldest child for a conversation about the pride he takes in his kids and to laugh over some of their childhood hijinks.

Videos All About Interviewing

	Title	Watch	Download
	Q & A (3 min.) 12–year–old Joshua, who has Asperger’s syndrome, interviews his mother, and they cover everything from cockroaches to Sarah’s feelings about Joshua as a son.
	7 Minute Masterclass on Interviewing with StoryCorps (7 min.) StoryCorps staffer Daniel Horowitz Garcia walks through some pro-tips on how to do an interview and how to tell a good story.
	Four Tips for an Effective Interview (5 min.) How to ask open-ended questions that help you guide your subject through personal stories and share in a great conversation.
	Tips for Active Listening (4:30 min.) Tips from StoryCorps on how both people—interviewer and interviewee—can contribute to having a great conversation.
	The StoryCorps App: A Recipe for Success (1 min.) Ingredients for The Great Thanksgiving Listen: a quiet place, you, someone you love, and the StoryCorps App.