Students
will explore their multi-cultural legacy by conducting research into
the backgrounds of their families and presenting the results to their
classmates. Students will be given the opportunity to bring in objects
of special significance to their own families and to explain the object's
importance to classmates.
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GOAL:
Students
will achieve a better understanding of the multi-cultural makeup of
today's society.
OBJECTIVES:
Students learn to research
and draw family trees.
Students learn how
to interview adults.
Activity:
Family Tree Research Project All grades
Materials:
Paper and pencil.
Directions:
Students
are to interview their parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins
and create a family tree.
Have
the students accumulate information from as far back in time as possible.
Students
should ask parents and relatives about their origins.
Students
should ask if any family member has any heirlooms, and if possible,
bring them into class along with any old family photos for a show-and-tell
session.
Students
can also present their family trees and compare and discuss family names,
sizes of families, birth and death dates, etc.. A class display of each
family can be made around the room near each student's desk.
