Name _______________

 

Grandparents Then and Now

 

Interview a grandparent.  Ask your grandparents the following questions. Write his or her answers on the line.

 

1.      In what year were you born? _______________________________________________________________

2.      What is your favorite grade-school memory? __________________________________________________

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3.      How did you get to school?  How far was it away? ______________________________________________

4.      How many students were in your class?  In your school? _________________________________________

5.      What were your favorite books? ____________________________________________________________

6.      How did you communicate with other people who lived far distances? ______________________________

7.      What type of playground equipment did you have? _____________________________________________

8.      Did you have lots of homework? What kind? __________________________________________________

9.      Where did you eat lunch?  What did you eat for lunch? __________________________________________

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10.  How long was your school day? ____________________________________________________________

11.  What chores did you have at school? At home? ________________________________________________

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12.  How long did it take to do your chores? ______________________________________________________

13.  What was your house like? ________________________________________________________________

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14.  What were your favorite toys as a child? Favorite games? _______________________________________

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15.  What kind of music did kids listen to? ________________________________________________________

16.  What did you or your family like to do for entertainment? ________________________________________

17.  What kind of clothes did you wear? _________________________________________________________

18.  What inventions have changed the way you lived? ______________________________________________