VOICES OF OUR PAST - USING ORAL-HISTORY TO EXPLORE FUNDS OF KNOWLEDGEWITHIN A PUERTO-RICAN FAMILY

This article presents an educational rationale for using oral history to teach students that there are multiple sources of knowledge and way s to seek valid information. A case study to explore the funds of know ledge within an extended Puerto Rican family is used illustratively. T he study describes the leadership role played by one grandmother as th e family participated in multiple migrations, describes creative ways employed by her and other women to reestablish the community, and chal lenges some stereotypes of Latinas.