Assignment 10: Reading Response and Interview Prep
- Read the assigned chapters from Michael Metz's Radicals in the Heartland, and Skim pages 6-8 of the 1970 Issue of the Technograph: An Engineering Student Publication: (the essays by Dan Rapp and Dan Nelson). In a few paragraphs, describe how these readings reflect the diverse concerns around security and safety on the Illinois campus, as well as US society more broadly.
- Review the 2 timelines in the student-authored “History of the Movement (1948-72)” at Illinois - and the Campus Timeline at the opening pages of Michael Metz's Radicals in the Heartland. Now read through the Bios/Bio Essays of the visiting alumni. Reflecting on these documents, prepare 2 questions you’d like to ask them.
- For each question, describe your reasoning and process for developing that question. What from the readings or documents made this seem like a relevant question for you to ask? Is there anything relevant for your project that would be opportune to ask this group of Alumni?
- Now consider someone you would like to interview for your own project. List their name and contact email.
- Find and list 2 online resources you used to do background research on this person or the organization they are associated with to prepare for a potential interview with them. In 2-3 sentences, describe who this potential interviewee is, and what perspective you think they would bring to your project, and what you imagine you could ask them about.
- For the Survey Outreach: You've emailed at least 5 contacts that you delineated and brainstormed from your contact sheet and in class. Assess whether you have received any feedback from those contacts. Did any one confirm they sent the survey out? Ask you any questions? Tell you no? In 1-2 sentences, provide a brief status report here.