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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Apa Bibliography: Interview Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson focuses on how to document interview sources using APA style. It describes two types of interviews: personal and published. It explains how to document a personal interview in text with an example; it also explains...
Activity
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
If you set out to do your own primary research with a tradition-bearer in your community, this guide will be very valuable. Get information about how to get the best results, along with an extensive list of possible questions for the...
Primary
Other

American Scientist: Author Interview: Neil De Grasse Tyson

For Students 9th - 10th
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has made "Popularizing science a personal passion." Tyson's latest book, Origins, is the starting point here for a discussion of dark matter, intelligent life in our solar system, the possibility of...
Activity
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: A Visit With Dr. Francis Crick

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcript of a personal interview with Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.
Article
Amby Duncan-Carr

Amby: Types of Interviews

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you getting ready for a job interview? Make sure you are prepared by investigating the variety of interview formats that are out there.
Website
Other

Pat Mora: Personal Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything a person wants to know about Pat Mora. This is her own personal page. It has links to her nonfiction, her poetry, her children's books and interviews with her. There are some great resources for teachers at this site. Students...
Primary
PBS

Pbs: Total War

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent site from PBS explores on a personal level what the concept of Total War means. Read and listen to interviews from people who lived through WWII.
Article
College Grad

College Grad: Phone Interviewing Success

For Students 9th - 10th
It's not "Just another phone call,"--it's a real interview. Prepare properly so that it's not your last and you can secure the job you are looking for!
Primary
PBS

Pbs: People Power

For Students 9th - 10th
A personal interview from someone who was actually there at the historic event can tell so much more than a history book. Read an interview with a citizen of East Germany at the time of the destruction of the Berlin Wall.
Rubric
Other

Tonya Skinner: Job Interview Scoring Rubric

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site presents a scoring rubric for job interviews. Topics included are First Impressions, presentation, personal attributes, general attitude, personal appearance and responses.
Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Person on the Street (Pos) Interview About Climate Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A media project where students create a video that documents unrehearsed interviews with "people on the street" about a specific question or issue in climate science.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring and Sharing Family Stories

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Writing gets personal when students interview family members in order to write a personal narrative about that person.
Website
PBS

Pbs: Frontline: Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the wide-ranging impact that living digitally is having on people's lives every day, and the far-reaching implications this has for society, relationships, how war is waged, our health, education, and what the future holds....
Activity
Other

Presenting Sid Fleischman

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is children author Sid Fleischman's personal website, which offers a fascinating look into his life and work.
Website
Other

Gene Autry Entertainment: Gene Autry: America's Favorite Singing Cowboy

For Students 9th - 10th
Deemed the official website of Gene Autry, this site provides a century of information including movie and TV clips, recordings, radio interviews, a timeline of personal appearances, family information, and the beloved Cowboy Code.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Behind Closed Doors: "Colorism" in the Caribbean by Michel Martin

For Students 7th - 8th
In this interview, Michel Martin discusses Frances Robles's report on colorism in the Dominican Republic. Colorism is a form of prejudice based on the darkness of a person's skin color. Discrimination based on colorism often occurs...
Graphic
Curated OER

Loc: Personal Stories and Primary Sources: Conversations With Elders

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students research a topic about their grandparent or elder. They then present what they learned to the class. This lesson provides topics to cover when presenting the information to the class.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Fried Green Tomatoes & Cultural Crossroads

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Having read Fannie Flagg's Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, students will conduct research through an interview with an elderly person from the community (a field trip to local nursing home facility) to determine the...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs: Endgame: Ethics and Values in America

For Students 9th - 10th
At this interactive site from PBS, viewers enter the lives of fictional characters who are forced to make critical decisions about their roles in a fatal car crash. A variety of media--video, polling, and audio interviews with an expert...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Write Talks: Students Discover Real Writers/audiences/purposes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
There's a world of writers out there, and in this lesson learners discover them as they listen to presentations from local writers and learn about what, why, and how they write in their day-to-day lives.
Activity
Other

Sharon Creech

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is Sharon Creech's personal website. Offers the reader more about the author herself as well as her books.
Website
Other

Museum of Chinese in the Americas: Ground One: Voices From Post 911 Chinatown

For Students 9th - 10th
Choose from a menu of transcribed interviews about the 9/11 experiences of people living in New York's Chinatown. Includes a topic theme search tool.
Website
Other

John Casablanca: Modeling & Career Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you interested in fashion? Explore resources for those looking to develop personal style or to become a model.
Lesson Plan
Other

Laus Dnet: Grade 4 Word Lesson Plan (My Autobiography) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students research the history, meaning, and personal significance of their life story. Students will interview parents and reflect on their own experiences to learn the history of their lives. Contains links to step...