Social Studies Interview Project

Here is the outline for the social studies project below. If you have any questions PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME!

Social Studies Interview Project

Due May 25^Th 2012

                In Social Studies your child is learning about the people of New Brunswick. We have been talking about what life is like now in New Brunswick and what it might have been like for our grandparents and great grandparents growing up in New Brunswick. During the discussion about New Brunswick then and now the kids had many questions. What was life like for our grandparents when they were our age? What are some things that might be the same today as it was then? What was different?

                Due to the many questions about growing up in the past in New Brunswick we will be conducting interviews. Find an older member of your family to interview. Write, record or tape the answers to the following questions and be ready to present the answers to the class. Feel free to add a question or two of your own!

1.       What were your favourite things to do when you were young?

2.       How many people were in your family?

3.       Did you have any chores?

4.       What kind of technology did you use? (Did your family have a phone? T.V?)

5.       Did you like school? What did you like? What didn’t you like?

6.       What did you wear? Were girls allowed to wear pants to school?

7.       What is one of the most interesting things you remember learning?

8.       What was New Brunswick like when you were little? Were there a lot of cities? Were there farms?

9.       What types of jobs were available for people to do in New Brunswick when you were little?

*We have a few families who are not originally from New Brunswick. In these cases you may ask an older family member what is was like where they grew up.