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Example of how your submission of questions and list of interviewees should look like.

Due: Wednesday, January 18th by 10 pm via Managebac

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Example of how a written interview draft can be formatted. You can compile all of your interviews in one document or do a file for each person.

Due: Friday, February 10th by 10pm via Managebac.

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left to right: Gabriel, Christina (my mom), Mary and Frankie. Grandma Josie in the front center. Taken by me on March 2022.

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My mom grew up incredibly isolated as she was the only deaf person in her entire family. Our family is of Mexican heritage which she believes contributed to some of her hardships due to the misunderstanding of American education and the lack of support that provides understanding to those with disabilities. In the 1970s, education still had a lot to learn in terms of Special Education and deafness. My mom often felt isolated when she was growing up. During this time, she found solace in her fellow deaf peers as they helped her understand her deafness and showed her how to communicate through Sign Language. Despite this feeling of loneliness in her family, my mom was able to cultivate her own family within her community of friends.

Her hardships didn't make her pessimistic about the ideas of dreams and accomplishments. As she developed her sense of authority and learned how they navigate the world especially after dropping out of high school, she found her definition of dreams. To my mom, dreams are to hope for a better future. In the same sentiment, she reminds us that accomplishments don't have to be a checklist, but moments in life where we find ourselves providing positive contributions to the world, our community, our family, our friends, and to ourselves. This is why she feels that  15-year-old mom would be proud of what she has accomplished because through her kids she can feel successful as she can experience what she wished she could in high school, Prom!

Hearing the stories from my mom gives me a better understanding of how much she had a direct impact on my life. As she shared a story of her laughing at how bad she was during community sports events she would participate with the deaf community, she reminds me of my optimistic attitude towards adversity. As I think about my friends, I share the feeling of sentiment and gratefulness that mom does with her high school friends as we both feel that those people helped us to see through our hardships.

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"Our Story" Project Rubric that your final grading will be based on.

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Critical Thinking Questions

1. How does their story change or support your perspective of the family member(s)?

2. How does their story affect your narrative?

3. Why are stories and story-sharing important to our families and our narratives?

4. With the research of where the family member’s story occurs, does that help frame a better understanding of their narrative? Why or why not?

5. What is your objective in sharing these stories with your peers?

Activity Information, Tasks, and Deadlines

Telling our story is a part of keeping alive the narrative of our culture and traditions. To understand our present and future, we must understand where we come from and how that coincides with who we are as individuals. In this project, you will interview 3-5 family members or members of your community to share their stories with your peers online.

You will be expected to provide your list of 6 to 10 questions, a draft of your interview, a final narrative posted to your blog on Padlet for each story including a reflection piece that helps your peers understand how their narrative connects with your narrative that was shared at the beginning of the year and 4 constructive responses to your peers' posts.

Interview questions are to be created by you to help lead the interview if necessary and to have to follow up to help frame a connection to your narrative. Your list of interview questions including the names of your interviewees will be due on Wednesday, January 18th by 10 pm via Managebac. You can see examples of interview questions in the project sample linked below.

Your interview draft can be compiled in several ways. The three main ways are writing out the questions asked, answers, and any other comments/stories given by the interviewee, audio recording the interviews, or video recording the interviews. If you are writing, it is important to be as detailed and accurate as possible when recording the interview via note-taking. For audio and video recording, you will need to start the recordings by you informing the interviewee that the interview is being recorded and confirming their consent to being recorded before starting your interview. You will upload your documents or recording files on Friday, February 10th by 10 pm via Managebac.

Your final draft of your narratives should be posted on Padlet. You are welcome to do any of the following:
1) Write out the narrative for your interviewees with your reflection as your conclusion

2) Video record yourself sharing the narratives of your interviewees with the reflection

3) Create a visual piece of medium to illustrate the narratives of your interviewees as comic panels with the reflection attached.

If you have another format you would like to present your final draft, you will need to get approval before Monday, February 13th by the end of your class period.

Your Padlet posts should be posted with your link submitted to me on Managebac before Friday, March 3rd by 10 pm.

Peer responses should be insightful and constructive responses that are a minimum of 150 words. You will be expected to respond to 4 separate peers before Friday, March 10th by 10 pm.

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Before you leave class today, answer the following questions regarding your project.