Project 2: Interview with an historical figure 

Objective: To create a documentary or a radio show in which you interview an important man or woman of the country or region where the language you are studying is spoken.

Length: Length: 4-5 minutes for intermediate students. More than 6 minutes for advanced students. Remember that pauses are necessary.

1.  Choose a time period that interests you or that you are studying in your history classes. For example, the 1920s, World War II, 1850, or the 1500s.  Find a character that lived during that period.
2. Prepare 10 to 15 questions that you would ask your character.
3. Use Wikepedia or Google to find enough information to answer 10 to 12 of the questions.  You may rewrite some of the questions if you find interesting information that you want to include in your project.
4. Write an introduction to your dialogue in which you say your character’s name and what country she or he is from.  You must also write a conclusion to the interview in which you give him or her thanks for the interview.
5. Practice the interview.  You may interrupt during the questions, or make a comment before asking the next question.  The interview has to sound like a conversation.
6. Find pictures and maps to include in your documentary.  If you are working with pictures and audio only, you will need more pictures and maps.  If you are making a video, you may tape your video in a living room, a park, or an empty classroom.
7. Record your audio or video and upload your file to your e-Portfolio.

Advanced.  Include one of the following
a. The description of a day in the life of your character.  You may include real and a few made up facts.
b. Explain why this character is important to the people of the region this character is from.