Genealogy Lesson Plans

Learners conduct research on their relatives and ancestors and their activities. They interview their parents or other relatives about what it was like where they grew up, and create outline maps to create "genealogical atlases" that illustrate the places of their ancestry.

Learners participate in introductory level genealogical activities in this series of lessons. They complete the timeline and quiz online.

In this lesson students create a family tree. In this genealogy lesson, students research their family history and create a pictorial representation of their family tree. In this lesson students use the computer to design the layout and scan pictures.  

Learners discuss the changing nature of immigration. They discuss their own family history and how people record family history. They begin genealogy research into their own family history and complete forms as they progress.

Students determine whether their ancestors fought in the American Civil War. In this genealogy lesson, students interview family members and conduct Internet research to learn about their family histories. Students create scrapbooks that feature the histories.

In this lesson students research their family history. In this genealogy lesson, students research their own family. In this lesson students use storyboarding to organize their information. After gathering information students create a Powerpoint presentation to present on parent night.

Students create a genealogy book tracing their heritage many generations back. They examine their own ethnicity, attitudes, and self-awareness. They examine new American trends regarding family structure and ethnicity.

Students study genetic lineages and explore several different DNA tests (admixture, mitochondrial DNA, and y-chromosome) that are used to trace genetic heritage. They watch a video, then use genealogical charts to trace genetic data.

In this lesson students will begin genealogy research into their own family history and complete forms as they progress. In this lesson students will also complete their own genealogy charts and the writing skills are developed through the complexity of the different information that is gathered.

Students listen to a lecture on different immigration waves from U.S. history and compare various immigration trends. They conduct genealogical research on their own families and arrange their findings in a chart.