a. Can include family members

b. There are two options for interviewing:

i. Option one: students use a premade bank of questions with interviewees

ii. Option two: students create their own questions

Submit interview recordings. You can record via Padlet, Vocaroo, or any other tool you may be familiar with.

Preface draft due Friday, 6/6

Introduction draft due Tuesday, 6/10

Interviews should be completed on or before Tuesday, 6/10

Interview Chapters due Thursday, 6/12

Project finalized during IA block!

I suggest using this space to keep track of your sources as you go, so you have them all in one spot and can revisit them.

b. Your definition of diaspora and its connection to this project and this course

AND

Makes many meaningful connections between self and diaspora.

AND

Uses at least two sources from the course to connect project to prior course learnings.

Uses a minimum of two outside sources.

A brief history of the neighborhood you chose

a. Name of the neighborhood

b. Map of the neighborhood

c. Who previously lived in the neighborhood and who currently lives in the neighborhood

d. Neighborhood’s connection to diaspora: which people settled in the area and why?

What are the most important lessons you’ve learned in life?

What is your earliest memory?

What is your proudest life accomplishment?

What is the smartest decision you have ever made?

When in life have you felt most alone?

How do you want to be remembered?

What do you wish you’d made more time for in life?

What do you regret the most about your life decisions?

Why are you living where you are today?

Have you ever wished you lived somewhere else?

What was it like when you first moved here?

How long have you lived in this area?

Do you miss anything about the way it used to be?

How was your relationship with your parents?

What is your best memory of childhood? Worst?

What did you think your life would be like when you were older?

What are your best memories of grade school/high school/college/graduate

school? Worst memories?

Was there a teacher or teachers who had a powerful influence on your life? Tell me about them.

Can you describe the moment when you saw your child for the first time?

What do/did you do for a living?

Where is your mom’s family from? Where is your dad’s family from?

What ethnic or other traditions have been passed down in your family?

Do you believe in an afterlife? If so, what do you think it will be like?