Checkpoint 2: Interview Preparation

Poll

For your interview, which kind of family member would you prefer to interview?

• A parent/gaurdian

• A grandparent

• An aunt/uncle

• older sibling

• older cousin

Multiple Select

When interviewing someone born in the 1950s, I should ask about ...

• Civil rights movements

• World War 1

• Great Depression

• Kennedy Assassination

• Vietnam

*Write this down

​Check-off the top 3 events you want to ask about the 1960s

First Televised Presidential election debate JFK wins presidency Cuban Missile Crisis MLK “I have a Dream” Speech JFK Assassination Civil Right Act signed Vietnam invasion begins NFL-AFL merger 1st Super Bowl played Cassius Clay becomes Muhhamed Ali Watts police riots Thurgood Marshall becomes first black Supreme Court justice MLK & Macolm X assassinated Space Race ramps up

Multiple Select

When interviewing someone born in the 1960s, I should ask about ...

• Nixon Watergate Scandel

• World War 2

• Korean War

• Oil Crisis of 70s

• Drug epidemics

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​Check-off the top 3 events you want to ask about the 1970s

Kent State Vietnam Protest Voting age changed from 21 to 18 Roe v. Wade abortion case Chinese peace relations War on drugs movement Vietnam War ends President Nixon Watergate Scandal Jimmy Carter Presidency Star Wars becomes highest grossing film of all time Energy department created Oil shortage crisis Vietnam draft-dodgers pardoned by Carter Iran Hostage crisis

Multiple Select

When interviewing someone born in the 1970s, I should ask about ...

• Reagan Presidency

• Lynden Johnson Presidency

• Vietnam War

• Fall of Berlin Wall/Soviet Union

• Drug epidemics

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​Check-off the top 3 events you want to ask about the 1980s

Miracle on ice Olympics Mt. St. Helens volcano erupts in Washington state Iran hostages rescued Reagan Wins presidency Reagan survives assassination attempt Reagan passes largest tax in history Micheal Jordan becomes brand name athlete 1st IBM personal computer  “Star Wars” defense program installed  Challenger space shuttle explodes on air Iran-Contra affair Fall of the Berlin Wall and Soviet Union

Multiple Select

When interviewing someone born in the 1980s, I should ask about ...

• 9-11 Terrorist Attacks

• Nixon Watergate Scandel

• Clinton Impeachment

• War in Iraq

• Reagon Presidency

Multiple Select

When interviewing someone born in the 1990s, I should ask about ...

• Barack Obama's Presidency

• Desert Storm

• 2016 Election between Trump vs. Clinton

• War on Iraq/Middle East

• Clinton impeachement

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​Check-off the top 3 events you want to ask about the 1980s

Goerge HW Bush presidency Iraq invades Kuwait, starting gulf war Bill Clinton Presidency World Trade center bombing NAFTA goes into effect Rodney King incident OJ Simpson Trial Bill Clinton impeachment 2000 election 9-11 terrorist attacks War on Iraq and Afghanistan Social Media breakthroughs 2008 election Obama Presidency Bin Laden death 2016 Election Trump Presidency 2020 COVID, BLM, Election

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​Write down which family member you want to interview this weekend

• Remember, the older they are, the more history they can talk about.

• The younger they are, the less they have to speak on history

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​Write down which event you want to interview about this weekend

• Remember, pick events that are a decade after your interviewee was born (example: Ask someone who was born in the 1980s about events that happened in the 1990s and 2000s)

• IF you ask about events that were in the same decade that your interviewee was born in, they may not have a good answer due to being too young to understand the historical event.

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​write a short summary of the event you chose to interviw about

• Summarize by mentioning details like:

  • When the event took place

  • Where the event took place

  • Who was involved

  • What happened or took place in the event

  • How did this change America/history

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create 5 interview questions for your interview this weekend

• Questions should use words like "How", "Why", "Describe"

• Questions should use phrases like

  • "In what way did _____ affect ______"

  • "Can you describe your perspective on ______"

  • "What was your reaction to ________ when it happened"