Curated OER
Historical Interview Project
Students practice effectively interviewing a subject and then use that interview to create a movie.
PLS 3rd Learning
Surviving Solo Wisdom: A Guided Interview
No one said it was going to be easy to move out and live on your own. Kids find out through personal interview what life is like when one is out on his own. They interview a parent, ask for advice, and discuss common themes with the...
Scholastic
Smart Quotes Mini-Lesson
Prepare for an interview project with a set of worksheets about asking questions and quoting people. After completing a grammar exercise about quotation marks, kids write out the questions they want to ask their interviewee, and record...
Curated OER
Intergenerational Interviews
Students develop questions to ask their famiy members to discover their family history. Individually, they conduct the interview and videotape if possible. To end the lesson plan, they draw a picture of the person they interviewed to...
Curated OER
Interviews and Beyond
Young scholars get to know their classmates by interviewing them. Individually, they develop questions they want to know about their classmates and ask one a week. To end the lesson plan, they use a tissue box to draw their partner and...
Curated OER
Pablita Velarde Interview
Have your kiddos work together to discuss different types of interviews. As learners brainstorm different kinds of interviews, record them in a web! This is a great introduction to conducting interviews.
Curated OER
Interview
Students think of questions to ask the student being interviewed. The students will raise their hands when they have a question. The interviewee will answer questions appropriately.
Curated OER
Interviewing Famous Leaders in History
Students explore historical figures. In this history/research lesson, students use a variety of research materials to learn about the historical figure of their choice. Students write questions and responses as if they were interviewing...
Curated OER
Cell Phone Interview
Are there benefits to comparison shopping? Yes, even with cell phones. It's important to know which carrier is best and why. Learners interview a family member about his choice in cell phone carriers, and compare that person's choice to...
Curated OER
Family Interviews: The Grandparent/Elder Project
Students explore key concepts/facts in 20th Century history, develop interview questions, and produce master list of questions that can be used in project. Students then interview grandparent, great-grandparent, or other elder about...
Curated OER
An Interview with South Carolina Revolutionary Heroes
Students create mock interviews with revolutionary heroes. In this U.S. history lesson, students select a U.S. revolutionary war hero or British general, research their biographical information and the battles they participated in,...
Curated OER
Suggested Interview Questions
In this suggested interview questions worksheet, students discover sample questions that help them with their own folklife interview.
Curated OER
Planning the Project and Preparing Questions for the Interview
Students create a project based from an interview. in this interview instructional activity, students come up with questions for their interview and plan their project based on the calendar provided. They create a storyboard and a slide...
Curated OER
Interviewing for beginners: Getting over the scary part
Are you beginning a unit on interviews/ conducting interviews? This lesson doesn't contain many details, but you might want to check it out if you're hoping to lead your class in interviewing outside sources.
Curated OER
Business Questions First Lesson
Students provide oral responses to interview questions. For this business lesson, students work with a partner to ask and answer typical business interview questions orally. Questions are provided on a worksheet.
Curated OER
Interviewing Skills
Students participate in mock interviews. For this interview skills lesson, students prepare for a mock interview by following the provided lesson procedures, participate in the evaluated interview, and write Thank You letters to...
Curated OER
In Search Of Wisdom: An Interview With An Elder
The key to writing a good narrative is having good material to work with; and the key to getting good material is asking good questions. Working in groups, class members brainstorm questions that might result in the most interesting...
Curated OER
Asking the Right Questions
Students explore interviewing skills. For this journalism lesson, students examine "good" and "bad" interview questions and discuss both. Students then practice interviewing partners in the classroom.
Curated OER
The Newspaper Article
Have your class participate in an interview activity using an informational text about the Amazon. After reading a Cultural Connections story about a person from the Amazon, middle schoolers write interview questions based on the text....
EngageNY
Mid-Unit 1 Assessment: Analyzing an Interview with a Rainforest Scientist Part 1
What's it like to study snakes, reptiles, and turtles in their natural habitats? Serving as the mid-unit assessment, pupils read an interview with a rainforest scientist. Next, they analyze the text and answer text-dependent questions.
EngageNY
Reading an Interview: “Sloth Canopy Researcher: Bryson Voirin”
It's time to slow down and learn about sloths! Scholars read the first few questions of an interview with a sloth canopy researcher, looking for the gist. Next, they create a glossary in the back of their journals to add new scientific...
Curated OER
Interview! Magazine
Young scholars interview a subject and write a biographical sketch for a fictional magazine. In this interview lesson plan, students choose a person to interview and create two sets of questions. Young scholars conduct the interview....
Curated OER
Learning to Interview
Second graders view and discuss a modeled interview presented in class. They interview their families and gather data that is later compiled and analyzed as a class.
Advocates for Human Rights
Who are Immigrants?
What do Jerry Yang, Patrick Ewing, John Muir, Charlize Theron, Peter Jennings, and Saint Frances X Cabrini all have in common? They are all immigrants to the United States. Famous and not-so-famous immigrants are the focus of a resource...