Table 2.

BCLT youth training curriculum.

A. What Is the BCLT Program All about? (2 h)
Introductions	A roleplay exercise where youth pair up and interview each other using predetermined questions. The goal of this exercise is to give youth participants the chance to get to know each other and get a sense of what it is like to interview and be interviewed.
2.Overview of the BCLT program	This unit provides youth participants with background information on the program and helps them understand the difference between oral history and life wisdom interviews.
3.Ageism and elder wisdom	Through brainstorming, follow-up discussion, and some short lecture, youth participants collectively define ageism, identify stereotypes of older adults, and further explore the concept of elder wisdom.
4.Developing the interview questions	Youth participants review background information on qualitative interviewing, learn the difference between closed-ended and open-ended questions, become familiar with possible interview questions and answers, and finalize their own lists of questions.
B. Interviewing skills (2 h)
Introduce yourself	This is a quick exercise designed to give youth participants a chance to practice how to introduce themselves to their interviewees. Introductions include the youth’s name, grade, school, and one sentence about why they are participating in the BCLT.
2.Basic listening skills	Youth participants learn what active listening involves and why listening in an interview is important to build rapport with the interviewee.
3.Specific interviewing techniques	In preparation for the interviews with the older adults, the youth learn to identify and then practice specific interviewing skills.
4.Follow-up and probing questions	Youth participants learn the interview technique of asking follow-up questions and probing for more information.
5.Roleplay the interview	This session includes opportunities for the youth to roleplay the interviews using all the skills and techniques they just learned in the previous exercises. Through roleplaying, the youth become familiar with the questions, learn to use follow-up questions consistently, and overcome nervousness.
C. Unpacking the data (2 h)
Summarize group findings	Prior to this training session, youth participants review the interview recording and list the life lessons offered by their interviewee. As a group, the data are then summarized by listing the lessons, counting the frequency that any one lesson is offered and determining the importance of each lesson to the youth.
D. Preparing a community presentation (2 h)
Create a presentation to share with the community	The final training session is devoted to planning a community presentation.