Family+Stories

The details of the first step of the project are listed below. More to follow.
The goal of your first interview is to find a great story about something that happened before you were born. In the first interview you need to ask general questions in order to get story ideas. Your second interview will be a follow-up interview with the same person to get the details of the story. Your last interview will be with another person who can give you a different perspective on the story.

For example, you might interview your grandmother, get a story idea about something that happened when one of your parents was growing up, do your follow-up interview with your grandmother, and then interview your parent about the event. Or you might interview your grandfather as your second source … or your uncle. It all depends on the story. **Part 1:** First things first! Talk with your parents about who you should interview. If possible, interview an older relative in your family! If you don’t have older relatives who live nearby and you would rather interview someone else in person (an “in-person” interview is often the best kind of interview), it’s fine to choose another family member who lives nearby or one of your parents. Just make sure you focus on asking about events that happened before you were born. The only requirement is that the person you interview should be much older than you, and if possible much older than your parents too! This is a chance to get to know some things about someone who grew up differently than you perhaps, and has had lots of interesting experiences in life because they’ve lived a long time.