I posted this question earlier but was not satisfied with how I worded it. I hope to get more responses this way. As stated before, my great grandmother who is still living was born 1919 in the state of Alabama. I would like to have a good set of questions to interview her with and to draw out as much as she can tell about living in that part of the country during that era. If there are any older persons here that remember something going on at that time, feel free to bounce some ideas off of me. Thank You.
2007-02-07 18:25:45 · 5 answers · asked by Getsbetterwithtime 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
thanks for specific questions keengrrl, good idea scruffy.
2007-02-07 18:39:37 · update #1
1. Whom are you named after? Whom am I named after? What was she or he like?
2. What was the house you grew up in like? Who lived with you? What was your neighborhood like? How did you relate to your non-black neighbors?
3. What kinds of newspapers and books did you have in your home? Who read them?
4. What about your family felt black? How was your culture expressed?
5. How did you celebrate the holidays? What special roles did the women in your family play in holiday preparations and observance?
6. What special foods do you associate with your family and family celebrations?
7. Where did you go to school? Did you like it? What were your favorite subjects?
8. Did you go to religious services? If so, where? What was it like? How meaningful did you find your religious education?
9. What did you want to be when you grew up? Why? What options seemed open or closed to you?
10. What did you do for fun as a teenager? As a young adult?
11. How did you spend your summer vacations? Did you go to summer camp? Did you like it? Did your family vacation together? Where did you go and what did you do?
12. (If married) How did you meet your spouse? What were your courtship and wedding like? What were your expectations about roles and responsibilities within your marriage? If you didn't marry, was this a conscious choice or did your life just take that turn? How do you feel about it in retrospect?
13. What volunteer or paid work have you done? How has it been important to you?
14. What has been important to you as a daughter? A sister? A life partner? A mother? A grandmother? As a friend? As a member of a community?
15. Who have been your role models? What about them do you admire?
16. What words of wisdom did your mother/grandmothers/aunts share with you?
17. Who are your favorite cultural heroines? What appeals to you about them?
18. What world and national events have significantly influenced your life?
19. Women's roles have changed dramatically over the past several decades. Have these changes had a personal impact on you? What do you think of them?
20. What in your life has brought or given you the greatest satisfaction or fulfillment? Looking back, what would you have done differently? What would you do again?
2007-02-07 18:34:12 · answer #1 · answered by keengrrl76 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By your statement, you have pretty much answered your own question. Ask them what they would like to say to society about how they are treated and what they feel needs to be changed in society about senior citizens. In most countries, seniors are respected and revered. Their wisdom and age is looked upon as sacred. They did not get that old without learning something!
2016-05-24 05:53:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What did she do for fun as a child?
What was it like for her and her family during the Depression?
Does she remember stories her parents and her grandparents told her about when they were young?
How did she meet your great-grandfather?
How did young people meet each other and get to know each other before deciding to get married?
What was your grandmother or grandfather like as a child?
What does she think was the greatest invention since she was born?
How did World War I affect her family? How about World War II?
What was her favorite song when she was your age?
2007-02-07 22:57:06 · answer #3 · answered by Rienzi H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better yet, why don't YOU do a little research yourself about what was going on in Alabama at that time? Then tell your great grandmother about what you've been studying and ask her what she remembers about those things that maybe she can contribute to your research.
2007-02-07 18:32:48 · answer #4 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can ask her about her childhood days. How she was treated by her parents, was there love and affection, had she faced any racism in the society, how was her God faith, about her marriage, was that arranged, and how she was taken care of by her inlaws
2007-02-07 19:14:46 · answer #5 · answered by lakshmi s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋