Creating Oral Histories: Difference between revisions

''• Help students understand how to conduct a family history interview.'' <br>''• Demonstrate the skills needed to conduct a family history interview.''<br>''• Help class members learn what resources are available.''<br>

''• Have supplies to show class members what they will need to carry out a real interview. These supplies could include a tape recorder with good batteries, a tape, a list of several questions, a video recorder, or a laptop.''<br>

''• Prepare a list of good interview questions (see Appendix B). Make enough copies of this list to hand out to each member of the class.''<br>

''• Visit some Web sites about oral interviews to see what they contain, so you can discuss with the class what the best Web sites have to offer.''<br>

''• Give each student a piece of paper and pencil. Ask students to write down the name of someone they would like to interview and two open-ended questions they could ask that person.''<br>

''• Divide the class into groups of two. Tell each group they are going to practice interviewing one another. Ask them to come up with two open-ended questions to ask and then to interview each other for five minutes each.''<br>

''• Ask the class to respond to the question “What keeps me from interviewing my family members?” Make a list of the responses, and then as a class discuss ways to overcome the identified obstacles.''