Rachel Cummins

Lesson Plan #4

Essential Question(s):
What can we learn about the past from various sources?
How does understanding different perspectives deepen our understanding of history?
Guiding Question(s):
What are possible events that shape someones identity?
What are examples of interview questions?
o What are examples of interview questions that will give us specific times?
What is the importance of interviews?
Standards:
2.H.1 Understand how various sources provide information about the past.
2.H.1.3 Compare various interpretations of the same time period using evidence such as
photographs and interviews
Objectives:
Students will be able to explain what an interview is and their importance.
Students will be able to brainstorm interview questions that they can ask a classmate.
Students will be able to conduct an interview with a partner.
I Do/We Do:
1. Remind students about the interview questions that you picked as a class
2. Tell students to sit with their partner that they picked from last class
3. Model for the students how the interview should go/what their behavior should be
They Do:
1. Tell the students and their partners to get in a specific part of the classroom where they
are not close to anyone and are spread out
2. Have the students interview each other- make sure that they are taking notes on their
partners answers
3. Walk around to the different groups and monitor student behavior
4. Ask the students at the end- did anyone learn something new about their partner that
they didnt already know?
5. Have a few of the students share their answers to the class
Assessment:
Observe the students while they are interviewing each other to see if they are
interviewing correctly
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Resources:
Example interview questions for the students to ask each other:
1. When were you born?
2. Do you have any siblings? When were they born?
3. Did you take any fun vacations?
4. What big events happened in your life?
5. Do you have any pets? Do you remember when you got the pet?