Worksheet for Habitat for Humanity activity.

 

Volunteerism

 

1.     Use this document to interview a volunteer at the Habitat for Humanity site. 
You can expand your questions or vary the topic according to the flow of the conversation.

2.     The interviewee must have lived in the US for at least 10 years and
must be at least 10 years older than you are. 

3.     Your goal: to learn more about volunteerism in America. 

4.     Use the back of the page if you need more space. 

5.     You will present this information in class as a short oral report.
NOTE: do not read questions from worksheet, PARAPHRASE J!

 

 

Interviewer’s Name (your name)_________________________________________

 

Interviewee’s Name___________________________________   year  born__________

                                                                                                                                                             (approximate is okay)

 

“When you were my age…”

 

1. What big issues did you worry about (examples: pollution, safety, war, etc.).
   
   
   _______________________________________________________
   
   

 

2. What did students (when you were my age) do to help solve these problems (at home, school, or elsewhere)?
   
   
   _______________________________________________________

 

3. What other ways did you donate your time and energy to make
   your community a better place?
   
   
   _______________________________________________________

 

4. Did adults help you and other students with volunteer activities?
   
   
   _______________________________________________________

 

5. What kind of volunteering do you do now (in addition to H4H)?
   
   _______________________________________________________

 

6. What one problem do you hope students today will solve?
   
   
   _______________________________________________________

 

7. How is this problem different, if at all, from the problems you dealt with
   when you were my age?
   
   
   _______________________________________________________

 

Question for reflection:

8. Based on your findings, how is volunteerism different in the US
   from in your home country?  Explain.

_______________________________________________________

 

© Arlyn Freed 2001, All rights reserved.

Worksheet adapted from Nickolodeon’s “The Big Help” at http://www.nickjr.com/grownups/teachers/supplies/shows/big_help/bh_hist1.jhtml