Grade 1 Fall History — Then and Now, Family Histories, and How We Know What Happened
History · HIS G1 (D3.1.K-2; D4.3.K-2; STRETCH G2-3 oral history scope) hist.g1.f.his.oral_history_interview

Conduct a 4-question oral-history interview with a family or community elder

Conduct an oral-history interview with a caregiver, grandparent, or community elder using the 4-question protocol (MG-7); record responses on an interview sheet; with permission, audio-record on a tablet; thank the interviewee.

Mastery threshold
80%
Min instances
1
Typical minutes
35
Spaced intervals (days)
7, 14, 30
Prereqs
Successors
Common misconceptions
  • Believing only grandparents can be interviewed (any older relative or community elder qualifies)
  • Believing the interview must be long (4 questions is plenty)
  • Believing the child should fill in answers from their own knowledge (the answers must come from the elder)

Exercise pool (4)

Diff Stem Type
1 Practice the interview in pairs. One is the child interviewer; one is the 'grown-up' interviewee. Switch roles. prepare interview practice
2 Name the 4 family-history interview questions. name 4 questions
3 Write or dictate a thank-you note to your interviewee. Mention one specific thing they told you. thank you to interviewee
4 Share 2 findings from your completed family-history interview using sentence frames. share interview findings