ORAL HISTORY - Family Interviews
- You will need to interview 3 family members of 21 years
or older. The older the members the better – your way of preserving your
family history.
- Your biography needs to be organized like your
questions. It needs to be typed, single spaced, Times New Roman Size 12.
- It should be in third person, and leave yourself
out of it. Do not say my mom or my grandfather.
- You will need to write out the answers into sentences
and paragraphs. Do not put separation labels on the paragraphs. It should
flow.
- Needs an interesting title and first paragraph should
have a hook that refers to the tile and 2-3 sentences explaining it
Jazzy title
Hook and 2-3 sentences
Birth to Elementary School
- Where were you born?
- What was your family like?
- Where did you grow up?
- Where did you go to school?
- What was school like there?
- Who was your favorite teacher?
- What was your favorite subject?
- Who was famous back then?
- What were your favorite games?
- What was popular on television?
- Popular songs?
Junior High
- What was the name of your school?
- Where was your school? (city and state)
- What was your favorite subject?
- Who was your favorite friend?
- What did you like to do after school?
- Who were the popular movie or singing stars?
- How did people dress?
- What was your greatest achievement or awards?
- What was the worst thing that happened to you or in the
world?
- What was your hopes or goals at that time?
- Where did kids like to hang out and doing what?
High School
- What high school did you go to and where was it?
- What school activities or clubs did you participate in?
- What were your favorite sports?
- What did high school students do for fun or when they
had free time?
- Did you go to any dances? What were they like?
- Did you have a job? What kind and how much were you
paid?
- Did you were a uniform?
- What was the style or dress of the time?
- What kind of movies or music was popular?
- What was the most memorable thing that happened to you
in High School?
- How successful were you?
Beyond High School
- Did you go to college or other education after high
school?
- Where did you go for this? Name the school and city.
- What classes were the most interesting or challenging?
- Did you travel much then? Where?
- What was your first job?
- When did you marry?
- Did you have children? How many? Who?
- Have you moved much after high school? Where was your
favorite place to live?
- What was your favorite job?
- What would have been your dream job?
Future
- What would you do when you retire?
- What things do you hope for your children,
grandchildren?
- If you cold change any one thing about your life, what
would it be?
- Where would you like to retire and why?
- If you could change one thing in the world, what would
it be?
First interview: _______________
Second Interview: _____________
Third interview: ______________