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#1  Texas Survey

 

Work with your parents to research your family and write your answers in the Comments section below.  Scroll all the way down this page, write in the comment box, and then click on "Add Comment".  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.  We have left some examples from last year that you will find interesting.   Due Friday, September 13th

 

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 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 Project

 

Take advantage of visiting your extended family during the Holiday Season and research your own 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.  Make photocopies of old photos, letters, or other primary resources if you would like to add these to your family book.  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.  Students are not required to post their information here on the Fourth Grade site, but may do so if they wish.  Collected information is due on Wednesday, January 15th.  Scroll down for sample questions and tips for success.

 

Possible Questions for Relative Interview

Name of Relative    ___________________________________________________

Relationship    ___________________________________________________

1.  Background Information - given name, date and place of birth, names of family members, places lived, etc.

2.  What is the earliest thing you can remember?  Give at least three details about this memory.

3.  Describe a typical school day.  Include what you usually did after school and in the evening.

4.  What was a major news story you remember when you were a child?  What did you think about that story?

5.  Tell me the names of your favorite songs, books, and movies when you were a child or teenager.  What made these special?

6.  If your family ever moved, why did they have to move?  Tell me what it was like moving.  Did you have to change schools?

7.  What kind of work did your parents do?  Did you ever have a job while you were growing up?  How did you spend earnings?

8.  What machines do we have now that you wish you had had then?  Why?

9.  How are children different today from the way you and your friends were?  How are they the same?


10.  Share a family tradition that you enjoyed  when  you were growing up.  What made the tradition special to you?

 

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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