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- 11th
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Students gain an appreciation for their family history and when possible, open a new avenue for communication with an older generation. Full Review »
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- 5th - 11th
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Students get involved in an activity in which they can work closely with their family, identify their ancestors, appreciate their ethnic backgrounds, explain the concept of immigration, connect events in history with the movement of their ancestors. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students research information about their family history, record the information and create some sort of family tree. Then they present it orally to the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students locate and bring in family photographs that contain persons unknown to them. The class discusses the photographs and analyzes them for details that might give clues to the person's identity. They research the photos and write captions. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students research their family history through ethnographical study. They locate information through a variety of sources, interview people, write a report and present an oral presentation to the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research and gather information from different sources to create a detailed account of their family history. They interview family members, search the internet and examine newspapers for data. Students design a family tree. They write a detailed account on the history of family members. They analyze examples of oral history. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students research their family trees. They research Internet sites, conduct interviews and, when possible, access primary sources to compile information about their family's history. Students present their findings in a family tree. Full Review »
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- 10th
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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. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students gather material about family history by talking to relatives, complete authentic Internet research using email and listservers, and create multimedia presentation based on their findings. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss if they they know their family's history or if their first name is a "family name". They list their father's, mother's grandparents' (all four) names and add in their aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters. They then write their short family history from what they know. Full Review »
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