Pablita Velarde – Interview

DESCRIPTORS

Curriculum Areas: History, Language Arts, Reading, Culture

Recommended Levels: Primary

Time Frame: Five Days (5 days) 45 minutes a day

Tribal Affiliation: Santa Clara Pueblo

Geographic Location: Southwest (New Mexico)

Developed by: Patricia A. Madrid

Email addresses of developers: patty_Madrid@teachnet.edb.utexas.edu

Date lesson was developed: July 24,2001

American Indian Standards

History p.113 Standard 1: Family life now and in the recent past; family life in various places long ago.

Language and Literacy p.137 Standard 7: Analyze and interpret information from stories or other text. (Reading Comprehension)

Language and Literacy p.138 Standard 11: Use different forms of writing to communicate.

Civics and Government p.15 Standard 3: Understand that cultural life has a significant influence on one’s civic and personal life.

INSTRUCTION

Goal: To understand and demonstrate the process of interviewing a person for information

Behavioral Objectives:

• Students will:
• Brainstorm questions to ask the interviewee
• Type questions to take to the interview (students may tape record interview)
• Do at least one video interview in the class
• Work in small groups to summarize findings of the interviews
• Compare and contrast their life with the life of the interviewee

Prior Knowledge Needed:

Students should practice mock interviews in small groups in class before conducting real interviews.

Materials and Resources Needed:

• Computer for typing interview questions
• Internet for researching interview that other students have conducted
• TV/VCR and camcorder for taping video interview
• List of people who have agreed to be interviewed

Culture Content and Strategies:

• Oral presentations on oral histories of people interviewed
• Developing oral communication skills to perpetuate the American Indian oral tradition.

Lesson Summary and Performance Tasks:

Teacher will begin by having a class discussion to create a web about different kinds of interviews. Next the students will use the Internet to study student interviews. Now students are ready to brainstorm and write the interview questions for their interviewee. Students will then conduct their interviews with the aid of a tape recorder, and optional (camcorder). Finally students will work in small groups to present their findings using PowerPointÔ, HyperStudioÔ, or a word processor.

Assessment

Rubric to evaluate group oral presentations

Rubric to evaluate content of final project

EXTENSION

Technology Integration:

• PowerPointÔ or HyperStudioÔ
• Internet
• Digital Camera
• TimlinerÔ
• KidspirationÔ

Enrichment/Remediation

The teacher can have individual students do research on the history of Santa Clara Pueblo. Students can do a report on important finding and use PowerPointÔ or HyperStudioÔ to present findings.