Life Story BoardEDU 6522 Fall Semester 2004 – BrownWhen I Was a Kid:
An 11 Year Old Pinsetter
or The Perfect
Strike!
Sound effect: Bowling alley: Rolling
ball & pins crash Title card: When I Was Your Age: A 11
Year Old Pinsetter Narration: “Before automation,
bowling pins were set by hand.” Photograph: Black & White photo
from 1940s of boys working as pinsetters. http://www.tenpinbowling.org/view.php?page=the_game.history Movie Interview /
Introduction: “When I Was Your Age…” “Dad, at the age of 11, you took a job as a
pinsetter in a bowling alley.” Questions: 1. What was your motivation
for taking a job at such a young age? 2. What was the name of the
bowling alley, and how far was it from your home? 3. Tell me how you got the
job? 4. How much money did you
make, and how were you paid? 5. How many days a week did
you work, and what were your hours? Interesting Story: The Pinsetters Strike….. More Questions: 6. How many years did you
work as a pinsetter after the strike? 7. What values or principles
did you learn from your experience as a pinsetter? Irony: 30 years later dad became
an International Representative for The Newspaper Guild… |
