KSPN Curriculum - A Grand Interview

Core Values: Fairness, Leadership and Sportsmanship

Students will explore concepts of fairness, leadership, and sportsmanship. They will identify a local person of distinction who exemplifies these values and profile this individual on the hottest new KSPN program:Everyday Heroes.

What makes a good interview? In this learning activity, students will learn the importance of asking good questions and preparing interview notes as they work cooperatively to create a profile about a local athlete, coach, or other individual. Students will assume the role of researchers, analysts, writers, producers and editors in order to create a finished interview for the new KSPN program, Everyday Heroes.

Working in small, cooperative groups, students will explore concepts of Fairness, Leadership, and Sportsmanship and determine the importance of these core values in amateur and professional team sports. They will identify a local individual who demonstrates these attributes and produce a video segment that profiles the person, demonstrates why the person qualifies as an “everyday hero,” and includes an interview with the person. Students will gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources, They will evaluate their own finished interview as well as peer-review their classmates’ interviews.