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Local History Portfolio
Learners create a portfolio in order to study the different aspects of local history. The information is added to a series of student activities that are collected as part of a portfolio that could be extended to include state or...
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Oral Interviews on Traditions and Celebrations
Students practice speaking in a target language through the use of oral interview techniques. They engage in conversations with peers using a certain theme of celebration and tradition. Students plan questions that they use in the...
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Push/Pull factors in Immigration
Students explore the push/pull factors experienced by immigrant families. They interview a parent and an American about their family's immigration history. Students write a summary of the interview and compare the push/pull factors of...
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The Great Depression: An Oral History
Pupils examine the hardships experienced during the Great Depression through an oral history interview with person who lived through the event. Students transcribe their interviews and discover the contributions oral history can make to...
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Preparing for the Job Interview
High schoolers determine the difference between gerunds and infinitives in oral and written form. They read a sample interview and discuss it as a class. They create their own do and don't list for interviews.
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Job Interview Dialogue and Final Evaluation
Students create a sample interview between an employer and employee. They practice using prepositions and gerunds. They complete a final evaluation activity.
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Making a Life Map
Students create a life map of their life. They start the activity with a question from the teacher and expand on it. They can share their life maps with the class if they so choose.
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Independent Project Selection
Students write research proposals, conduct research and interviews and maintain a log of their work, and draft, revise, and edit final written projects to produce a finished research article.
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School Daze - Remembering First, Best, Worst
Students gather and record information in interviews with adults discovering their first, best, and worst school memories, and transfer interviews into memory pages containing the interview information.
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Meet the Press
Students give their book reports as oral "Meet the Press" type interviews. They team up with another student "reporter" and answer questions about main idea, details, and the point of view.
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So You Want to Be a TV Reporter!
Students work in pairs to interview each other. They identify interviewing skills and methods, conduct a preliminary interview, develop a working script from the notes and participate in a final interview for the camera.
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Survivor Interview
Students practice listening and speaking skills in a foreign language, and participate in a dialog with a Holocaust survivor.
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Interview the Elders
Learners prepare a list of questions about the past and present in regards to dealing with waste and the natural resources. They conduct interviews with tribal Elders and record their statements.
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Paws in Jobland: Lesson Plan 25 - People in our School
Students brainstorm a list of jobs that exist in their own school and its surrounding environment. In this activity on careers, students create a map of the school and locate on the map where each job takes place. Next, the class divides...
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New Friends! Interview and Presentation
For this interview and presentation worksheet, students interview 3 different people and then present what they have found. There are 5 questions that students ask each person. They use the fill in the blank paragraph for the...
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What Firemen Read
Learners work in groups of three to five to conduct interview on members of the community. Once groups are formed, they draw an occupation from a hat and find a professional to interview from that occupation in their community. They...
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How To Develop Good Questions?
Students identify good and bad questions in an interview setting. In groups, they practice writing their own questions using language specifically for interviews. To end the lesson, they discover how to ask more probing questions for the...
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Young Author Books: I Am a Leaf on My Family Tree
Fourth graders create family tree books. They discuss culture and brainstorm interview questions for family members. They write stories, poems, and captions for family photos. They interview family members and assemble the interviews...
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iPod Reporters
Students develop a topic for a class newspaper article and set up an interview with someone involved in the issue. They record the interview using an iPod with a voice recorder then use direct quotes for their article. As a whole...
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Severe Weather is Spring Challenge
Students research storms and appropriate warning procedures in their home towns and conduct interviews to find out suggestions for students and others in their community to keep themselves safe. Afterwards, students write a news feature...
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Interviewing
Students practice their interviewing skills in this activity. Using the internet, they plan for the interview process and could be used in their overall project. They must decide what information they want to get out of their interview...
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Heart to Heart Interviews
Learners interview veterans at a local homeless shelter. They publish their interviews in a class newspaper. They also present their information in different forums.
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Job Info Interview
Middle schoolers conduct an interview with an adult family member. They organize the information and write a paper about the interview. They type it in a word document and practice using spellcheck.
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Going to the Job Interview
Students express their preferences when discuss different types of employment. They examine their do and don't lists for going on an interview. They practice the use of prepositions.