1. Creating an interview

2. Assessment Task 2 - Digistory
Assessment Task 2: Digital Life Story
You need to conduct an interview with a refugee, or immigrant who has settled/lives in Australia. You will then take the information gathered in the interview and use it to create a digital story of their journey.
You are required to submit your interview transcript (questions and answers), your narrative plan, and the life story in a digital format.

3. Why do people tell stories?
Stories of their lives – autobiography, biography eg Anh Do
Share opinions
Express feelings
Entertainment - comedy
Imagination
Keep original story alive eg Dreamtime stories
Education
Teach a message/moral - Bible
Share experiences
To recognise how things came about
To make money (sell books) - career
Reflection – Diary of Anne Frank
History
To explain something
Inside other people’s lives
To inform someone

4. Open and Closed Questions
Using the internet, find out the difference between open and closed questions.
In your books, note down the advantages and disadvantages of both types of questions.
In your books, answer: When creating an interview, why is it important to ask both open and closed ended questions?

5. Today’s tasks Decide who you will interview
Develop around 20 interview questions (use sample questions in ProjectSpace to assist)
Research background information to help with your questions. Perhaps look at the country of origin for your interviewee, push/pull factors, details about how they arrived etc
Be prepared to ask for information in different forms: written, visual, photos, maps, graphs, photocopies of documents, certificates etc

6. Interview questions – sample worksheet on ProjectSpace
These are only suggestions and you should not use only these questions in your interview.
Add in your own interview questions, specific to the situation of your interviewee.
Aim to have 20 questions in total.

7. What makes a good interview?
Be prepared:
Have questions ready to go (at least 20 questions)
Research some background information to inform your questions
Be flexible if the interview doesn’t follow your questions exactly
For example, if something interesting arises, incorporate that into your conversation
Your interview can be in person, over the phone, or via
Record the interview to submit or take notes during the interview
Thank the person for the interview and for their time

8. Homework 1. Prepare for your interview
contact your interviewee to ask permission and ask for copies of photos, documents, certificates etc
develop 20 questions to ask
research background information (time, place, political climate, push/pull factors etc)
2. Conduct your interview – to be completed over the holidays!
record the interview or take notes
collect copies of photos, documents, certificates etc