Cold War Extra Credit Project

This will be a lot more open ended and simpler that the project that was canceled due to the weather.

Conduct an interview with a relative or family friend and have that interview with me no later than noon on January 29th.

The interview should be with someone who lived through these events and has specific knowledge. Maybe someone who served in the military, or a relative who lived in a foreign country. Anyone with a unique experience during the cold war would make an exceptional interview subject.

Just follow the rubric to get an idea of my expectations. You can change the number of factual and in depth questions to 7 each.

Factual Question: A specific questions about key people, places and events during the cold war.
An example: Did you agree with Kennedy's handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis? or Did you agree or disagree with Sen. Joseph McCarthy?

In-Depth Question: These are more in depth, open ended questions about the Cold War. An example of an In-Depth Question can be found on your syllabus: Did the Cold War have a positive or negative effect on American Society? or What lessons can we learn from the Cold War?

	Exceeds Expectations	Meets Expectations	Approaching Expectations	Below Expectations
Question Preparation	Before the interview, the student prepared 10 in-depth AND 10 factual questions to ask.	Before the interview, the student prepared several in-depth questions and several factual questions to ask.	Before the interview, the student prepared several factual questions to ask, but no in depth questions.	Student has prepared questions that are inadequate or irrelevant.
Questions address central issues/content knowledge	Questions display understanding of all key Unit objectives AND vocabulary.	Questions display understanding of some key Unit objectives AND vocabulary.	Questions display understanding of no key Unit objectives and some vocabulary.	Questions display no understanding of unit content.
Follow Up Questions	The student listened carefully to the person being interviewed and asked several relevant follow-up questions based on what the person said.	The student listened carefully to the person being interviewed and asked a couple of relevant follow-up questions based on what the person said.	The student asked a couple of follow-up questions based on what s/he thought the person said.	The student did not ask any follow-up questions based on what the person said.
Knowledge Gained	Student can accurately answer several questions about the person who was interviewed and can tell how this interview relates to the material being studied in class.	Student can accurately answer a few questions about the person who was interviewed and can tell how this interview relates to the material being studied in class.	Student can accurately answer a few questions about the person who was interviewed.	Student cannot accurately answer questions about the person who was interviewed.