Oakland Tech: Old School, New School

Old School, New School:  Tech in the 1940s and now

This video is part of the OUSD’s “Urban Dreams” video library collection.

History is more than just information in a textbook. Hearing about the past from someone who experienced it brings history alive. That’s what Elizabeth Lay’s 9th Grade Multicultural Education class discovered while making their video. They were studying California History from the 1940’s to the present when Clarence “Lucky” Ramsey, a 1947 graduate of Oakland Tech, visited their classroom. Students document his interview and compare his experiences “back in the day,” to their own.