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This is the full version of the activity lesson plan from Window to the Past: The Roedde House Curriculum by Kathryn Reeder and Vickie Jensen.
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Materials Needed: Big sheets of paper for drafts of family tree Paternal and maternal family information sheets per student
Activity description: Discuss various ways to get information for an accurate family tree. (Note that in addition to interviewing family members, people can also trace their ancestry through private and public documents. The Surrey Public Library has an extensive collection of Canadian sources for people whose ancestors arrived in Canada during or prior to the 19th century. These include census records, Loyalist lists, land indexes, parish and vital records, immigration and passenger lists. For more information about The Genealogical Collection, call 576-1384 or visit the Cloverdale Library at 5642 176A Street in Surrey. There are also books such as Search of Your Roots that can provide information about genealogical searches.) Students will be interviewing family members for information, using the "Finding Out About Family" sheets. Have each student decide who to interview for family tree information. If there is time, they might want to interview someone for maternal information and another for paternal information, but one side of the family tree is fine. Have students look over the information sheets to see if they have any questions. Encourage students to bring family photos to class to include with their family tree. Once the family tree interviews are completed, students need to begin transferring the data to a family tree diagram. Model this activity, using appropriate vocabulary, by transferring data from your own information sheet to a family tree diagram on the blackboard. Talk about the maternal and paternal branches of the family while getting help with the appropriate symbols from the class. You may wish to tell anecdotes or memoirs of various family members, again as a model for the reports students will do later on their own family tree. When students begin to do their own family diagrams, they could do the work in pairs. Students may also find it helpful to work on the diagrams at home, thus giving parents the opportunity to provide further input and see how the interview information is being used. When the family diagrams are complete, have the students reflect in their journals on their family tree. You might pose this question: Did you discover anything about anyone in your family that was especially interesting? Students could put their family trees up for display and discuss them with the class, telling what they learned about their family in the process of diagramming it. OPTION:Instead of doing a family tree diagram, the interview information could be used for doing a family timeline (as suggested in HISTORY OF VANCOUVER curriculum strand). Both types of diagrams detail aspects of family history. FINDING OUT ABOUT MY MOM'S FAMILY * Note to parents: For some people, information about divorce or adoption or other family matters is quite personal. Feel free to skip any of these questions, if they seem inappropriate. 1) My mom's full name is: 2) Some women change their name when they marry. If your mom did that, what was her maiden name? 3) She married my father, whose name is: 4) My mom has children, so I have brothers and sisters. List them by name, starting with the oldest. Be sure to include yourself! You may want to note any children who were adopted or who are no longer living. 5) Has your mom remarried, due to divorce or a death? - Whom did she remarry? - Were any children born to that union? (These would be your half-brothers and sisters. Be sure to list their names.) - If the other partner already had children, these would be your stepbrothers and sisters. You may want to list them, too. Information about grandparents: 6) What were the first and last names of your mother's mother? 7) What were the first and last names of your mother's father? 8) Did either grandparent re-marry after the death of a spouse or after a divorce? Whom did they re-marry? 9) How many brothers and sisters does your mom have? Are they all alive? Can you name them in order? (These are your aunts and uncles.) 10) Each of your aunts and uncles may have married and had children (who would be your cousins). Write the name of your aunt or uncle, the name of the person they married, and then list their children. 11) Have any of your cousins married? Whom did they marry? 12) Have any cousins had children? Can you list their names? 13) What information is there about earlier generations? FINDING OUT ABOUT MY DADS FAMILY
Note to parents: For some people, information about divorce or adoption or other family matters is quite personal. Feel free to skip any of these questions, if they seem inappropriate. 14) My dad's full name is: 15) He married my mother, whose name is: 16) My dad has children, so I have brothers and sisters. List them by name, starting with the oldest. Be sure to include yourself! 17) You may want to note any children who were adopted or who are no longer living. 18) Has your dad remarried, due to divorce or a death? Whom did he remarry? 19) Were any children born to that union? (These would be your half-brothers and sisters. Be sure to list their names.) 20) If the other partner already had children, these would be your stepbrothers and sisters. You may want to list them, too. Information about grandparents: 21) What were the first and last names of your father's mother? 22) What were the first and last names of your father's father? 23) Did either grandparent re-marry after the death of a spouse or after a divorce? Whom did they re-marry? 24) How many brothers and sisters does your dad have? Are they all alive? Can you name them in order? (These are your aunts and uncles.) 25) Each of your aunts and uncles may have married and had children (who would be your cousins). Write the name of your aunt or uncle, the name of the person they married, and then list their children. 26) Have any of your cousins married? Whom did they marry? 27) Have any cousins had children? Can you list their names? 28) What information is there about earlier generations? | ||||
