COMPONENT: The student understands the power of language
OBJECTIVES: Selects and uses appropriate technologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of communication
MATERIALS: computer with online capabilities
PROCEDURE: After having completed the family tree go to Roots Web for further information. This web site provides information on how to upload family tree information to the site.
How to Use FrontPage:
Open Microsoft Front Page or other web page design software .
Type the text.
Go on the Internet and find clip art, backgrounds and animated titles.
Place them on the web page.
Save everything.
Upload web page to the Internet.
EVALUATION:
TIPS: Get written permission from parents before putting the tree online.
After the "trees" are finished students take a field trip to the library to visit the genealogy department and further search for data.
EXTENSION ACTIVITY: Family Geography
Discuss with students how many family members come from different locations
Immigrants go to a new country to live for a long time; people that emigrate go to a new land for a short time
Discuss how each group contributes to the culture of their new home
Have students gather information on their geographic family roots
Have them continue to interview family members about where they came from, when, why and how the traveled to their new homeland
Have a large world wall map available for students to study and use
Have students organize notes into: name, birth date, and birthplace of student, siblings, parents, grandparents, uncles, cousins, and aunts
Write names on slips of paper
Locate birthplace on world wall map, find each person's birthplace on the map and attach their name slips at that place
Use pieces of colored string to connect each person's birthplace with other locations where he or she have lived (Each student can also have his own map, attach tacks with paper of person's birthplace to various locations lived and attach strings to depict their family geography)
Learn more about geography at Geography 4 Kids
Get maps online at National Geographic
