Just a bit about the Second Spanish Republic
An interesting task would be to interview your elders.
They are a first hand information source and you will be surprised at the amazing stories they can tell you!
Here you have a model for the Questionnaire.
INTERVIEW ONE OF YOUR ELDERS
The aim of this exercise is to learn from a first hand source of information, doing an interview to any of your grandparents or any other elderly person. They do not have to answer all the questions if they do not feel like doing so. If they did not live the events we are dealing with, let them tell you what their parents told them about.
A Guide to the interview could be something like that but feel free to do one on your own:
INTRODUCTION
- Personal details: Name, birth date …
BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
- Your family during the 30s: How many were there of you? , Do you remember anything about your living conditions? What was your father/mother’s trade?
- What do you remember about your family’s sympathies during the Republic?
- Do you remember any famous name or politician of the time?
THE CIVIL WAR
- Do you remember July the 18th, 1936? How old and where were you at the beginning of the war? What do you remember? How did the war affect your family?
- Did any of your relatives or friends take part in the war? Do you know about any story which happened to them?
- What do you remember about the end of the war?
- Do you remember any of the wartime songs ?
FRANCO’S DICTATORSHIP
- Do you think it was better or worst for your family after the war? Did anything change when the “Nacionales” won the war?
- How was life after the war? Do you remember the ration book? Was there enough food for everybody? What was your everyday dinner like?
- How was school at that time? Was there a subject you liked best? Was there a song you had to sing in the school?
- What do you remember about the attitude towards the Basque language?
Where possible, include photocopies of old pictures of the interviewed and add as much additional information as you can.
For example you should add, at least;
Three political songs analysis.
Three pictures or image analysis.
Finally as a conclusion you could write your personal feelings about this topic in general
