interview writing

Oral History Project—THIS IS A WRITTEN PROJECT--2 to 3 typed double-spaced pages (this is a written assignment not an oral presentation in class—the oral aspect is your interview).

1.  Select a person to interview who was born and raised in an Asian, African, Central America, South Americas or a Caribbean country.

2.  The first step is to list the persons name (or alias) and the country where they were born.

3.  Do not prepare specific questions, let the person organize the story of their life (they way they organize it will tell you something about the person).

. 4.  Write a brief history of their life from your interview.

5.  Find out what difference they see between their life back home and their life here. (Ok one specific question).

6.  Are there elements of their life that remind you of any historical events we have learned in this class? This is an important part of the oral history project.