Case 02 · Printable field kit

Ask. Listen. Remember.

Plan a respectful conversation, follow the story, and preserve it with care.

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Plan a willing conversation

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LISTEN

No JavaScript needed: Print all three pages; repeat page 2 for more notes. All writing happens on paper. Practice with a grown-up first. You can use a fictional role-play when a family interview is not possible; label it as practice.

1 · Make your interview plan

Partner’s safe label / relationship / why I chose them

Three things I hope to learn

Date / time / where or how / grown-up helping

Use a general setting, not a private address. Plan notes during or after, or a grown-up’s help.

Consent check — discuss, then mark on paper: willing to talk / not yet. Ask separately before recording or quoting. No recording is required. A “no” is enough; anyone may skip a question, pause, or stop. Do not pressure them or record secretly.

2 · Choose 10–12 questions

Use the workbook’s 20 Questions. Write question numbers or short cues in your chosen order; adapt them respectfully. Skip uncomfortable topics. A useful follow-up: “Would you like to tell me more?”

Source alignment: My Interview Plan, printed pages 10–11 (physical pages 18–19); 20 Questions, printed pages 12–13 (physical pages 20–21). Original companion layout.

Keep it private: Write only after printing. Use safe paper labels; omit passwords, DNA data, sensitive document numbers, and unnecessary living-person identifiers. Keep completed sheets private with your family.

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Listen before the next question

3 · Keep listening notes

Partner label / interviewer label / date / notes page:

Where or how / how long we talked:

Give the speaker time. Note a question cue, what they remember, and a follow-up. Use your own words unless you are certain of an exact quote and have permission to keep it. Mark anything you did not hear clearly.

Conversation note 1 · question cue, remembered details, follow-up

Conversation note 2 · question cue, remembered details, follow-up

Conversation note 3 · question cue, remembered details, follow-up

Pause or stop whenever needed. Leave out anything the speaker asks you not to keep. Star a question that helped the conversation. Repeat this page if you need more room.

Source alignment: Paper listening scaffold for My Interview Plan and What I Learned, printed pages 10–11 and 14–15 (physical pages 18–19 and 22–23).

Keep it private: Write only after printing. Use safe paper labels; omit passwords, DNA data, sensitive document numbers, and unnecessary living-person identifiers. Keep completed sheets private with your family.

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Remember honestly. File safely.

4 · What I learned

Write soon afterward, ideally within an hour. A memory is a source to consider; differing memories can remain unresolved.

Three surprising things I learned

A story worth keeping — one-paragraph archive summary

Include partner and interviewer labels, relationship, date, where/how, and the most important thing learned. Tell the story in your own words; distinguish what was said from what you infer.

One open question / something I noticed about the telling

What needs checking? What did I observe, such as a pause or laughter, without guessing why?

5 · Choose the private archive together

Keep the plan, notes and summary together. Ask what may be kept, who may see it, and what to leave out. If a recording was separately permitted, a grown-up can manage a second offline copy. No upload or cloud sync is part of this kit.

Safe storage label / who may see it / anything to omit:

  • I practiced, made a plan and chose 10–12 questions.
  • My partner agreed; I respected skips and stops.
  • I held the conversation (or labeled fictional practice), kept notes and wrote a careful summary.
  • We agreed what to keep and stored it privately.

The workbook’s transcript challenge is optional; recording is never required.