#1  Texas Survey

Work with your parents to research your family and write your answers in the Comments section below.  One of your parents will need to click at the right of this page to create an account before you can add your comments.  They DO NOT need to receive an email or password from us.  Please put your name and homeroom teacher's name with your answers.  Due Friday, September 9th

1.  Who was the first person in your family to come to Texas?  When did they come?  How are they related to you?

2.  Where did that first person come from?  How did they travel to the Texas?

3.  What job did that person have when they first came to Texas?  Was there any other reason they moved here?

4.  Where does your family like to go in Texas?  What does your family like best about living in Texas?

5.  Where do you think you will be living and what will you be doing in ten years?  In twenty years?

#2  Family Research

Take advantage of visiting your extended family during the Holiday Season and research your family history.  Interview the oldest person in your extended family to discover what life was like for children when they were growing up.  Use the questions below as starters and follow up with questions of your own to collect information that you will use in class to write a book about your family.  You will also be completing a Family Tree so begin compiling full names (including maiden names) and birthdates for your parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents.

Tips for Success:
-    Seek out the folks who know most about your ancestors.  You don’t have to ask only the questions we wrote.  Let them add ideas of their own and prompt them when they give you short answers.
-    Take advantage of resources in diaries, scrapbooks, old photos, libraries, and the Internet.
-    Gather family stories about your parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc.

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