Be a Water Historian Take & Make Kit

Everyone has a story to tell. Recording stories from your family, friends, and people in your community is an important part of understanding history in your town. In this activity, students learn how to be a good interviewer so that they can help preserve amazing stories from their community!

Context for Use

Take and Make Kits are fun and engaging hands-on activities that you can do from home to explore and learn about water in your community. This activity is available in Spanish here.

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What Students Will Do

  • Identify strong interview candidates.
  • Write effective interview questions.
  • Learn how to be a good interviewer.
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