Discovering Community—Interviewing Handouts

DISCOVERY PROJECTS

Teachers in My Community Unit

by Sarah Pulaski, Twinfield Union School

Interviewing Handouts
The following handouts were created and used with the project

Interview Outline • Interview Check List • Audio Edit Checklist
Audio Label Checklist • Thank You Letter

Teacher From Your Community—Interview Outline

Name:___________________________________

Date:_____________________

Who is the teacher from your community that you would like to interview?

Teacher’s Name:______________________________________

Why did you choose this person?

What does this person do in the community?

What are some things this person teaches other people?

What are some questions that you might want to ask this person?

Try to come up with at least six.

1)_______________________________________________________________

2)_______________________________________________________________

3)_______________________________________________________________

4)_______________________________________________________________

5)_______________________________________________________________

6)_______________________________________________________________

Interview Check List

Your Name:_____________________________

Interviewee Name:_____________________________________

* Say “Hello”.

* Introduce yourself.

* Give some information about the project.

_________________________________________________________

* Tell them about the house you will make.

* Tell them about the movie.

* Invite them to the presentation on Thursday, November 3rd at 6:00 PM.

* Give them the release form, have them sign it and return it to you.

* Get comfortable. (Tell a joke, ask how they are feeling, tell them that mistakes are okay, etc....)

* Make sure the recorder is on.

* Ask your questions.

* Thank them and walk them to the exit of the building.

Audio Edit Checklist

You need to select two minutes of your interview to share. Please follow these direction:

1. Listen to your interview.

2. Find these four parts as you listen and save them:

a) The funniest or best part of your interview

b) Something interesting that you learned about the interviewee

d) What your interviewee teaches or shares with our community

e) Something special or unique about your interviewee

Audio Label Checklist

You need to record an audio label. Your audio label will include:

A) Your name

B) The name of your interviewee

C) The reason you choose your interviewee

D) Why you think your interviewee is a good teacher in the community

Thank you for participating in the Teachers in Our Community Project!

This project gives the fourth grade an opportunity to learn about the diversity and complexity of our community through the use of ethnography.

Students in the fourth grade have selected people in our community that they feel share knowledge and have importance. Students will interview these people about their lives and their roles in our community. These interviews will be digitally recorded. Students will also take digital photographs and collect artifacts of the people they choose. The may want to visit their interviewees at home or work to document hobbies, community activities, or other interests.

The photos, recorded interviews, and artifacts will be used to create a digital movie about the people interviewed and what the students learned from them. Students will also create a model house or building dedicated to the person interviewed. The movie and houses will be presented at the school on November 3^rd, 2005 at the Twinfield Library at 6:00 in the evening.

A signed media release form is required for students to use the recorded voices or images of the interviewees in any part of the project. Interviewees can decide if they want to give no, partial, or complete permission to have their recorded images and voices used in any aspect of this project. Parts of the project may be posted on the Twinfield and the Vermont Folklife Center websites.

Please contact Sarah Pulaski (ext. 275) or Peter Herrick (ext. 219) if you have any questions at 426-3213.

Thank you for your time.

Sarah Pulaski

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