Between now and the new year, students will conduct an interview with the oldest family member with whom they can have a face-to-face interview.  Many families and extended families will be getting together over the next few months to spend holidays and vacation time together.  This interpersonal experience will serve as a teaching and learning tool.  It uses a primary source to better understand opinions and attitudes then and now.  The end product will be a biography.  Students might elect to interview an elderly neighbor or family friend.

All notes and interview responses are due on January 7th.  I will collect and assess these prior to students writing final repots.  Biographies will be written in class, not at home. 

Students will have nearly 50 possible interview questions which they will receive in class on November 25.  These questions can also be downloaded from this site.  Students are encouraged to add questions of their own and delete those downloaded questions that are not applicable.  Students need to ask numerous questions in order to have adequate information to write a substantial story. 

Thanks for your help.  Once students complete the biography, they will mail a final copy to the interviewee along with a thank you note.