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Focus Question. Is it safer now or then (pick a time in last 60 years)?. Now and Then. An interview Assignment. Activity.
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Focus Question Is it safer now or then (pick a time in last 60 years)?
Now and Then An interview Assignment
Activity • The problem of crime in America varies from place to place and from generation to generation. In this activity, students interview a parent or older person and compare this person’s experience with crime growing up to their own. • All students should: • A. Read and answer for themselves the Interview Questions, on a separate sheet of paper. • B. Find a parent or older person to interview. Ask and record their answers to the same questions on another sheet of paper • C. Write two/three paragraph essay (1 page) comparing their responses to those of the person they interviewed. • D. Staple all the pages together to be turned in.
Interview Questions • 1. When were you born? • 2. As a young person, where (did, do) you live? • 3. Did you feel safe in your neighborhood? Describe crimes, if any, that took place in your neighborhood. • 4. Did you feel safe at school? Describe crimes or major incidents of misbehavior that took place in your school. • 5. What crime story from the media most impressed you when you were growing up? • 6. Do you think it was safer then or now? Why?