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“Interview: Life History”
In this activity, students will conduct an interview with a person in their community about a specific historical event.
In the account, Phillip Hoose incorporates interviews with the people who lived during, and even participated in, the civil rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama. For this activity, you will select a person from your community (e.g., a friend, family member, acquaintance, etc.) that has lived through a particular historical time period and ask them a series of questions in order to learn more about their experience. In particular, make connections to the themes Perseverance Through Hardship and Injustice and The Importance of Questioning The Status Quo in your interview questions.