Oral History Assignment Oral History Assignment Select a topic for your interview. Choose someone, a family member, friend, acquaintance, or a professor, to interview in person.
Telephone interviews are unacceptable .
Select someone with whom you feel comfortable and someone you would like to learn more about. Prepare a list of at least ten questions related to your topic to ask at your interview. Open-ended questions that allow the person to explain and talk about the topic are better than questions that require only a yes or no response. Conduct the interview. Be prepared to spend about 30-40 minutes on the interview and be sure to tape record it.