INTERVIEW PROTOCOL
WARM UP
Can you introduce yourself?
Can you tell us briefly about yourself and your background?
Would you consider yourself a history buff?
Could you please describe what you know about CC in a couple of sentences?
Do you remember where and/or how you learned about CC?
FACTUAL QUESTIONS
Can you identify Christopher Columbus from this lineup of pictures?
What do you think CC is best known for?
Can you map his starting and ending point? (chart on a map)
Columbus Day is the 2nd Monday of every October. What do we celebrate on this holiday?
Do you know how this holiday began?
What do you know about CC's heritage?
What do you know about his voyages?
There was a lot of fear revolving around his first voyage. What do you know about this?
How did people perceive CC during his lifetime?
REFLECTION QUESTIONS
How do you perceive him?
How would you respond if I told you…
How did this experience make you feel?
It’s common for these types of facts to be left out, why do you think that is?
Do you think this an issue common in history?
Can you think of a way this would impact your life?
Misconceptions in History:
A Study of Christopher Columbus
Our group was interested in what misconceptions relative to Christopher Columbus proliferate general society, where these misconceptions originate, and how a person responds to receiving factual knowledge that is likely contradictory to previously held knowledge on the topic.