Pretend you are the student that went to interview an older female adult in your church. she is 80 years, from Liberia in Africa, but has being in American for more than 50 years.
Conducting the interview: These questions can serve as a guide during the interview. You are not required to submit the answers to the questions, so you will not be graded upon completion of this section.
Brief Biography
Age:
Gender:
Race/Ethnicity:
Distinguishing characteristics of the individual:
Childhood
1. What was life like for you as a child?
2. What were your parents like? What were their strengths and weaknesses?
3. Did you have any brothers or sisters? If so, tell me what each was like.
4. Did someone close to you die when you were growing up?
5. Do you ever remember being very sick?
6. Was religion a large part of your life?
Adolescence
1. What things stand out in your memory about being a teenager?
2. Who were the important people for you (parents, brothers, sisters, friends, teachers, those you were especially close to, those you admired, those you wanted to be like)? Tell me about them.
3. Did you go to school? What was its meaning to you?
4. Did you work during those years?
5. What were the pleasant things about your adolescence?
6. What was the most unpleasant thing about your adolescence?
Family and Home
1. What was the atmosphere in your home?
2. Who were you closest to in your family?
3. Who in your family were you most like? In what way?
