Interview Project

20th Century Decades project Name_______________________________
 STUDENT MUST FILL IN SHEET
 Decade outlined: _____________________________________
 Subject interviewed: ___________________________________________
 Subject's age during decade:___________________
What is the biggest difference between that time and now? Explain._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fashions/Fads/Trends_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
New inventions/technology ______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________
Status Symbols of the era ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Slang common to time ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Common pass times (what did they do for fun?) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Music/Media icons: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Heroes and villains of the era, explain why __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identify major trends to influence the era as a whole, not necessarily their family alone Changes in Family size (extended, nuclear, blended...) ______________________________________________________________
Religion: Did most families go to Church/service/ synagogue ______________________________________________________________
Education: When did MCAS emerge? Why? ______________________________________________________________
Government: Did people trust it? Who were the presidents? ______________________________________________________________
Military: were we at war?________________________________________
Where?_______________________________________________________
Major source of information: Where did they get their news? ______________________________________________________________
Major news headlines of the decade _____________________________________________________________
 Their strongest memories of that time ____________________________________________________________
 -----------To be answered after the interview by the student----------------------
 Does the subject have a positive or a negative view of this decade? Why? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 What types of factors influence your subject’s memories? (e.g. too busy raising kids to remember clearly….) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Do you notice any trends or major changes to American society in SPRITE E in this decade?
Social _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Political ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Religious _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Intellectual (science...) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Technology ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Economic ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Environmental ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Mr. Stanton’s Decade Project Rules: 1. Interview at least three people. Subjects must be at least 5 years old at beginning of decade. (i.e. the person must be born by 1955 to discuss the 1960’s) 2. STUDENT MUST FILL IN SHEET. Do Not pass this off to Grandma to fill out. This will not be accepted. 3. Due Date: January 8, 2013 1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, 2000’s. Only one decade is covered 2X. This must be by people in different generations (20 years apart) Interview your parents and grandparents (if possible) on the decade your parents graduated from high school. Extra Credit... Other decades (1940’s, 1950’s…) can be completed for extra credit.