Name______Period ______
Interview & Experience Project 2013
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Your Goal: Contact a person somehow substantially different from yourself. Experience a slice of this person’s daily life and interview him/her in order to find out any additional information. Then you will write a reflection about your experience and interview. You will also create a poster to briefly highlight the key moments of your project.
Due Dates and Requirements:
Monday, March 4th: Project proposal must be submitted. Proposal should include your name, the name of the person you wish to interview, an explanation of how this person is different from yourself, a brief description of what you already know about her/him, and a plan for what you will experience with this person. Dates and times will be helpful. (10 points)
Monday, March 11th, Interview questions submitted
Your questions must cover all of the 6Ws (who, what, where, when, why, and how)—see attached worksheet. (10 points) You may conduct your interview any time between March 15th (after you get your questions back) and Monday, April 8th. Take thorough notes on your interviewee’s responses and during your experience.
Thursday, April 18th, Reflections and posters must be submitted, along with your interview notes. Reflections should be three-five pages typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font. These reflections should be finalized in terms of grammar, spelling, and content. You should also attach your notes from your interview. (50 points for reflection, 20 points for poster.)
Thursday, April 25th 6:30-8:30: Interview and experience project reception in Judd 126. Invite your family and your interviewee to say “thank you” for taking the time to share their lives with you. (The reception is entirely optional, but we hope you will come!)
Interview/Experience Guidelines:
*You must interview a person substantially different from yourself in at least one aspect. Areas of difference could include religion, politics, class, race, or neighborhood.
*The person you interview must be 18 years or older. If you want to interview someone your age, consider interviewing that person along with his/her parents.
*You may interview someone within the Lab Schools. You could also consider people within nursing homes, libraries, churches, temples, parents’ workplaces, or social service organizations. You may also feel free to interview someone well-known within Chicago.
*You may interview someone over the phone or email, but you must experience something with that person present.
*If you are interviewing someone or experiencing something outside of school, your parent must be present (or communicate with your teacher that you have permission to work with that person without your parents present).
*Ask the person you are interviewing if you may use his/her name for your school project.
*Your experience should be at least an hour.
*During both your interview and experience, physical recording is not necessary, but you must take notes. These notes will be turned in both with your reflections and at the end of the project. These notes may be rough.
*During both your interview and experience, photography is not necessary, but it may be helpful for your reflection.
Reflection Guidelines:
*Include basic information about the person interviewed, the differences between you and the person you interviewed, and information about your experience.
*Description of your actions, thoughts, and emotions throughout the interview and experience.
*Description of what you learned or what surprised you about your interview and experience.
***This last piece is the most important part of your reflection. You should devote time, thought, and space to reflecting on what you have learned, how you have grown, and/or how your understanding of the world around you has grown as a result of your time with your interview subject.
Interview & Experience Reception Poster
Should Include:
*Name of person you interviewed (if they are comfortable sharing their name)
*Photograph of the person you interviewed (or, if you are unable to get a photograph, or the person does not wish to be photographed, a picture or drawing of something that represents or symbolizes this person)
*Brief summary / synopsis of your experience (this should be roughly a paragraph in length—it will need to fit onto your poster)
Must be on poster board size 11x17 (legal size) or bigger
Due April 18th (the same day as your reflection); worth twenty points
Interview Project
Please ask the following basic questions, and design more specific interview questions based around the 6Ws. For example: Why Question: Why did you decide to become a security guard? You should expect that during your interview you will ask additional questions. Please do your best to take notes on all questions you ask and answers you receive.
Interview Questions:
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Age: ______Occupation: ______
Home Address: ______
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