All About Me

Biographical Research

Family Heritage Report

The Heritage Report concludes the "About Me" writing unit that you have been working on. The report will be about a country where your ancestors lived before immigrating to America. The report consists of two parts: Research and Writing.

  Research:

You are to identify sources of information about the country you have decided to research. These can include:

Internet

Encyclopedia

Magazines

CD-ROMs

Books

Once you have identified at least two different sources of information about your country, take down facts and information on note cards. (Note to teacher: Model to students how to write a bibliography and jot down facts on index cards) You must include a bibliography for each resource you use.

Writing:

Your Heritage Report needs to be at least six well-developed paragraphs. As with most writing assignments, be sure to include a catchy lead and a conclusion.

Three of the paragraphs are to be on these topics:

Food/recipes                                         Language/sample words                    Customs/holidays

The remaining three paragraphs are to be on you choice of the following:

Clothing                                                 Geography                                           Weather/climate

History                                                   Games/sports/pastimes                      Government

Landmarks/cities                                  Economy                                              Famous person

Due Dates:

Gather all Research:

Rough Draft:

Final Draft

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