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What makes a good interview? If you're going to do an interview, see one of the best in action - 60 Minutes Interview. What can you learn from their work?
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You, alone or with a partner, will complete one of the following options for "Early Cold War Mini Project".
 * What We Did In Class**

You will work together to create a timeline of events (poster or wiki page) showing the development and progression of the Cold War after WWII. You should include such events as the Yalta Conference (and what happened there), the formation of NATO and the UN (and its purpose and structure), and the advent of Communist China. Illustrate and annotate your timeline. Posters will go up on the wall, wikis will be linked to your student page and "This Day..."
 * Option 1: Make a Timeline**

You will interview two people who were alive during the 1950s. In order to do this effectively, you will have to research what topics you want to inquire about and write those questions down. But you'll also need to find out what your subjects remember about significant events during that time. Events may include the Berlin Airlift, economic prosperity, invention of television, or the G.I. Bill. Combine their recollections with information from other sources to prepare a concisely edited audio interview and a "magazine article" titled "American Life in the 1950s". Both of these will be posted on a Wiki page with that same title.
 * Option 2: Conduct an Interview**

If you know no one alive during the 1950s, you will write, script, and record an interview between you and your "subject" that follows the same guidelines as above. The main difference is that this will be fake and the others will be real.


 * Homework**

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