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PRE-INTERVIEW WORKSHEET


 

Student name: _____________________________

 

The person you intend to interview (Full name): ___________________________

 
Date, time and location of interview: ______________________________________

 

Have you contacted the interviewee and have they agreed to sign the release form? ________

 

Did you explain the purpose and use of this project? ________________________

 

Background of interviewee
(occupation, age or year of birth, education, religion, experiences, national born citizen, country of origin, documents, photographs, artifacts, political and social memberships, places lived and when, married, children)

 

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Historical period or event the interview will focus on and what was going on (Historically--be detailed with dates)

 

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Why did you choose this interviewee and period of focus?

 

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Preliminary Works Consulted
List a minimum of three sources (text) you have accessed and that will help in your historical contextualization (MLA format).

 

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Preliminary Questions:

 

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Student's signature             date

 

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Teacher’s signature            date                                  approved/date

 
 



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