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The Power of Active Listening
Listen up! The game of Telephone launches a study of active listening. Class members watch a short video that demonstrates active listening and tips on practicing active listening. Pairs then interview each other and practice their...
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Blue Collar and Proud of It
There is a strong need for workers skilled in trades (agriculture, construction, transportation, the service industry, manufacturing, industry). Middle schoolers listen to an interview with a tradesperson and then go online to...
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Interviewing
Students practice their interviewing skills in this lesson. 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 and...
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Interview a Politician
Students, in groups of two, choose a politician of interest and research that person. They each assume the role of either the reporter or the politician and write a "mock" interview that they later present to the class.
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Oral History and Interview Skills
Learners develop interview skills and learn about US history at the same time. Students research an event from local history. Learners prepare a list of questions based on the research. They create a list of interview questions and...
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The Sound of History: Conducting an Oral Interview
Students conduct an oral interview with a person from their local community. They conduct research, write interview questions, conduct the interview, and identify the subject matter using headings and subheadings.
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Great Migration 2002
Ninth graders compose journal entries that relate to interview topics working in pairs interviewing each other. They create ten interview questions on their own as well as deliver presentations about their interviews of one another. Each...
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Asking the Right Questions
Students explore interviewing skills. In this journalism lesson, students examine "good" and "bad" interview questions and discuss both. Students then practice interviewing partners in the classroom.
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ESOL: Obtaining Employment
Students study how to present a positive image and conduct job interviews. They simulate job interviews in pairs and complete an activity sheet. They practice body language and other behaviors to communicate how to ask and answer...
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A Day in the Life of a Veteran: Oral History
Seventh graders conduct an interview with a veteran of a recent war to provide an account of military conflicts. In this oral history lesson, 7th graders research a recent war and write interview questions for their research. Students...
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The Impact of History: A Conversation with a Parent
Seventh graders interview parents about certain historical events. In this historical interview lesson, 7th graders create a web of events about historical events. Students interview their parents or grandparents about the event and...
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Business Questions First Lesson
Students provide oral responses to interview questions. In this business lesson, students work with a partner to ask and answer typical business interview questions orally. Questions are provided on a worksheet.
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Oral History
Students create oral histories. In this oral history lesson, students prepare for and conduct interviews with Holocaust survivors, liberators, or rescuers. Students study the provided procedure for the interview and present their...
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Tracking the Olympics
Students conduct interviews. In this Olympic lesson, students play the parts of Olympic athletes and sports announcers. Students take part in interviews practicing both parts and create podcasts of the interviews.
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Job Fair
Students develop job interviewing skills by using role play.They practice interviewing in English. The instructional activity targets second language learners. The activity is ideal because the role playing allows for scaffolding and...
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What is Your Story?
Students conduct an interview with a member of their family in preparation for writing their own family histories. They listen to their teacher's family story, and listen to the book "Picnic in October." Students then conduct their...
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Living History: Documenting Our Senior Citizens Lives
Students investigate stereotypes by researching the elderly. In this senior citizen lesson, students interview elders in a rest home and video tape their experience. Students present their videos to their interview subjects after...
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Autobiography and Interviews
Students prepare for a visit to a retirement home using a personal time-line. For this personal time-line lesson, students ask their family members for help in making the time-line. They write an autobiography that will be used in a...
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Contemporary History: Watergate
Students explore the Watergate scandal. In this Watergate lesson, students watch a video regarding the scandal and use the Internet to research it as well. Students then interview adults who share memories of the scandal.
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Fact-Based, Open-Ended, and Follow-Up Questions Worksheet
In this classroom applications of fieldwork basics worksheet, middle schoolers label 5 questions according to the type each one is and create 5 of their own fact-based and open-ended questions that may be used for interviewing purposes.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Is It a Risk?
In this interviewing skills and speaking practice worksheet, students sharpen their skills as they use the 16 questions provided to interview a partner. Students compare answers with other students.
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Hero Highlights
Young scholars create documentaries. In this Vodcast lesson, students in high school interview elementary school young scholars regarding highlights of their lives. High school students create Vodcasts of the interview sessions.
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bbc news: school report
In this journalism worksheet, students choose a subject for a news report. They create a list of three people they would like to interview. They write 3 questions to ask, and indicate if the question relates to a fact or opinion.
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I Watch Babies Grow
Students examine the potential of human beings. In this philanthropy lesson, students research the life of peer as they interview them and create a timeline that features important moments in their lives.
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