The Family Migration Interview - Launching the Project

Review interview protocol from G1-Fall (4-question family-elder interview). Today we extend to 5 questions about migration.

• Affirm prior knowledge
• Set warm tone for this big project

Today we begin our FAMILY MIGRATION INTERVIEW project. We have 5 questions for the family elder of our choice (a grown-up in our family who knows family stories). The 5 questions are: (1) WHERE did our family come from? (2) WHO came first or who is the oldest person you know in our family? (3) WHY did they come? (4) What was the JOURNEY like? (5) What is ONE thing the family brought that we still have today? We record with PERMISSION. We listen carefully. There is no wrong answer. ALTERNATIVE: if your family doesn't know or wishes not to share, you can interview a published-family character - Yuyi Morales's narrator, Allen Say's grandson, Bao Phi's child. Same 5 questions, same honor.

• Every answer is a real story.

  model Real names, real places, real dates.

  prompt Listen to the model: I interview my grandma. Question 1: 'Where did our family come from?' Grandma answers: 'My grandparents came from Italy in 1923.' That's a real answer.

• Name the 5 questions.
• What do we do before recording?

M-2-S-HIS-11-A Chart

Display chart 36x24 showing MG-8 as detailed in media_global_notes. The 5 questions are large 28pt text with picture icons. The 'How to Ask' note at bottom: 'Record with permission. Listen carefully. There is no wrong answer.' Style: warm, dignified, child-readable.

MG-8 Chart

Mounted on classroom wall at child-eye-height; also distributed as a take-home card. Used in lesson 11 to launch the interview project; in lesson 12 to debrief and transcribe; in lesson 13 for corroboration (do two family members remember the same thing?). Card has a STAR space for the child to mark their favorite answer. Alternative protocol: if family does not wish to share, the child interviews a published-family-story character (e.g., Yuyi Morales's narrator) using the same 5 questions.

• In pairs, rehearse the 5 questions. Practice asking with kindness and listening attentively.

  scaffold Sentence frames on card
• Each child signs a 'consent script' to use when asking their family elder.

M-2-S-HIS-11-B Illustration

Worksheet 8.5x11 portrait, 5 boxes (one per question), each box has a sentence-frame line and a drawing space. Header: 'My Family Migration Interview.' Footer: 'Name of family elder I interviewed: ___. Date: ___. Consent given: yes / no.' Style: scaffolded, child-friendly, bilingual-ready.

• Show me the 5 questions on your take-home card.

• Take-home card distributed
• Preview: this week's homework is the interview; next week we share

• This week: with caregiver consent, interview a family elder (or chosen-family character) using the 5 questions. Bring answers back next class. Recording optional (with permission).