First Grade · History · week 30

Grandparent interview

Conduct an interview with an older relative or family friend and identify at least one then-and-now similarity and difference from it.

An interview is when you ask someone questions to learn their real story. Talking with a grandparent, or another older person you know, is a great way to learn real history from someone who actually lived it.

Good interview questions ask more than yes or no. "What games did you play as a kid?" gets a much better answer than "did you play games?"

📋 For the teacher
Teach it (10–15 min):
  • Help your child plan 4 or 5 real interview questions ahead of time, using open-ended questions like the example.
  • Set up a real interview this week, in person, by phone, or by video call, with a grandparent or another older adult.
  • Encourage follow-up questions like "what was that like?" instead of moving straight to the next question.
  • Afterward, talk through what surprised your child, and help them find one similarity and one difference to their own childhood.
Talk about it:
  • What is one thing you learned that surprised you?
  • How was their childhood different from yours?
  • How was it the same?

Mastery looks like: They conduct (or report on) a real interview and can identify at least one genuine then-and-now similarity and difference.

Common stumbles: Asking only yes-or-no questions, or not asking a follow-up "why" or "what was that like" to get a real story.

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