Family Oral History Interview

Goals

1. Continue practicing good oral interview skills.

2. Demonstrate ability to share media files so others can access them.

3. Record and preserve personal family history stories.

Steps

This is your BIG project for this unit on audio recording and digital oral history!

1. Prepare

   1. Decide what family member you want to interview. (Tell them about the project, share the permission form with them, setup a time and place to interview)

   2. Copy and complete the attached "Family Oral History Interview Script" with at least five planned questions. (You can copy some of the same questions you used for your PRACTICE INTERVIEW if you want.

   3. Refer to the “Great Questions List” by Storycorps for question ideas.

   4. Plan to first ask some easy / "CLOSED" introductory questions.

   5. Next, plan to ask some OPEN ENDED questions!

   6. SHARE your Script in Google Docs so ANYONE WITH THE LINK can VIEW.

2. Record

   1. Find a quiet space without a lot of reflective, hard services (look for carpet and soft furniture) to record.

   2. Turn your iPad to DO NOT DISTURB mode.

   3. Fill out the PERMISSION FORM with your interviewee (Google Form)

   4. Record Your interview with the VOICE MEMOS app.

   5. Get an Interview Photo, either:

      1. Take a selfie photo together -or-

      2. Find a copyright-friendly image / photo related to a topic of your interview

3. Share

   1. UPLOAD your audio interview to Google Drive.

   2. SHARE your audio so "anyone with the link can VIEW" it.

   3. UPLOAD your interview photo to our shared Padlet. (link removed for this public website)

   4. PASTE the LINK TO YOUR INTERVIEW below the photo in Padlet.

   5. PASTE the LINK TO YOUR SCRIPT (also) below the photo in Padlet.

Turn In:

1. On our shared Padlet, COPY THE LINK to your post.

2. PASTE that Padlet link here in Canvas to and SUBMIT this assignment.

Resource Links

1. Great Questions List

2. Permission Form (link removed for this public website)

3. Our shared Padlet (link removed for this public website)

4. Tutorial: Steps to SHARE your script and audio file (so ANYONE can view)