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III.
How Connected to the Past People Feel on Certain Occasions |
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All respondents
were assigned a random number. Based on that random number, some interviewees
were asked the indicated follow-up questions if they described a setting
as making them feel particularly connected or unconnected to the past by
giving it rating of 7-10 or 1-3. |
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Celebrating holidays.
Using the 1 to 10 scale where 1 means not at all connected to the past
and 10 means strongly connected to the past, how connected to the past
do you generally feel on those occasions? |
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What is it about such occasions
that makes you feel connected to the past? |
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Additional Follow-Up Questions for Minority
Samples
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Respondents in our African-American
and Mexican-American samples were asked additional follow-up questions
about how connected to the past they felt on various holidays. |
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African American Sample
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Do you feel more connected to the past on the
holiday you just mentioned than you do on the 4th of July? |
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Do you feel more connected to the past on the
holiday you mentioned than you do on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday? |
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Do you feel more connected to the past on the
4th of July or on Martin Luther King's Birthday? |
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Mexican-American Sample
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1.
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Do you feel more connected to the past on the
holiday you just mentioned than you do on the 4th of July? |
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Do you feel more connected to the past on the
holiday you mentioned than you do on Cinco de Mayo? |
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Do you feel more connected to the past on the
4th of July or on Cinco de Mayo? |
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Visiting a history
museum or historic site. How connected to the past did you feel when you
did that? (Please use the 1 to 10 scale where 1 means not at all connected
to the past and 10 means strongly connected to the past.) |
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Please give me an example of a
museum or historic site that made you feel connected to the past? Why did
that museum of historic site make you feel that way? |
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Gathering with
your family. (Generally, how connected to the past do you feel when you
do that? Please use the 1 to 10 scale where 1 means not at all connected
to the past and 10 means strongly connected to the past.) |
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How does gathering with your family
make you feel connected to the past? |
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Watching a movie
or TV program about the past. (Generally, how connected to the past do
you feel when you do that? Use the 1 to 10 scale where 1 means not at all
connected to the past and 10 means strongly connected to the past.) |
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What movies or TV programs about
the past make you feel especially connected to the past? How do those movies
or TV programs make you feel more connected than other TV programs of movies? |
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Studying history
in school. Generally, how connected to the past did that make you feel?
(Again, please use the 1 to 10 scale where 1 means not at all connected
to the past and 10 means strongly connected to the past.) |
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Please tell me of an occasion studying
history in school where you felt particularly [FILL: CONNECTED OR UNCONNECTED]
to the past. |
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Reading a book
about the past. (Generally, how connected to the past did that make you
feel? Again, please use the 1 to 10 scale where 1 means not at all connected
to the past and 10 means strongly connected to the past.) |
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Please give me an example of a
book that made you feel particularly connected to the past? What about
the book made you feel that way? |
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