Personal and Cultural Identity

ASSIGNMENT 4: Family Interview

Learning Target (Curricular Competencies):

  • Respectfully exchange ideas and viewpoints from diverse perspectives to build shared understanding and extend thinking.
  • Explore how language constructs personal and cultural identities. 

Family:  Bonds and Belonging

Family. It seems like a simple word, but really, the definition of family is complex, layered and personal. It can mean many different things to different people. What does family mean to you? What can we learn from family?  What do our family stories and history tell us?  Take a look at your own family story.

But first, the Royal BC Museum has a learning portal on learning about BC families. 

  • Watch a selection of home movies about family life, family traditions and growing up in BC.
  • Listen to a selection of stories and recollections about family life during pioneer days.
  • Look at pictures of families throughout history, as well as of the special traditions and objects that they hold dear.

Task: 

You are going to conduct an oral interview with a family member.   (This person will depend on how you have defined family.)

1. Read the handout on Asking All the Right Questions.  Go over the 4 steps on how to conduct an oral interview.

2. Do your preliminary research and develop relevant open-ended questions before you interview a family member to answer the question...

How has life in British Columbia changed or influenced your family?  How has your family contributed to the way we see ourselves as British Columbians?

3. Submit your questions and interview recording.  Be sure to include a clear introduction and conclusion.

Assessment:  Below you will find the exemplary criteria used to assess the assignment.  

Learning Target: (Exemplary 6/6): Exemplary comprehension of the task and clear accomplishment of the objective.  A short introduction and conclusion are included,  and interview questions generate answers that are more than just one or two words. 

Oral Presentation:  (Exemplary (6/6):  Interview is delivered in an interesting, clear and informative manner. Delivery seems natural. Speech is easily understood without mumbling, muttering or stumbling over words. Appears to have been thoroughly rehearsed. Pronunciation is accurate.

Submission: 

Use the "3.4 Family Interview" link on the main page of this section of the course to upload your assignment to your teacher for marking.