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60.0 pts Advanced Has well written and researched family history. Includes personal stories collected from various family members. Covers many generations if possible. Shows effort, has demonstrated a commitment to this project. Has gone above and beyond to research their family. Project is free from grammatical and spelling errors. Interesting to read. (Range 56-60 points) 55.0 pts Thorough Has well written and researched family history. Includes personal stories collected from various family members. Covers at least 2 generations. Has demonstrated a commitment to this project. (Range 51-55 points) 50.0 pts Basic + Student has put in some effort with this project. Some family history is included. Few spelling and grammatical errors. (Range 46-50 points) Family Tree Extra Credit “Family Tree” Chart 0.0 pts Extra Credit Points are for the addition of a graphic organizer that is used to visually show your family relationships. It should include the dates of as many births, deaths, marriages, and arrival in the US as possible. If you know their occupation that is also interesting to add. (Range 10-20 extra credit points). These points will be added to your overall score, if you don’t do this part your grade will not be impacted

Learning Activity 4—Due Week 15

Family Ancestors/Family Tree Activity (FT)

For this activity I would like you to do some family research into the origins of your family. Trace your ancestors’ dates of marriage, number of children, dates of death or divorce, and remarriages. Interview various family members about when your family came to the United States, why they came, how life was at the beginning, what hardships they faced, and what traditions have been passed down from generation to generation. Go back as far as you can. This activity takes some time and some effort on your part; it is never too early to start on this project. Every family has a history worth preserving; begin by calling, emailing, writing, or looking online for relatives.

Family Narrative:

This is the written part of the assignment. After completing your family tree diagram you will write a personal narrative about your family, tell some of the stories you have gathered doing your family research. When did your family come to America, what were the circumstances? Like many of you my family came looking for a better life, they arrived right after a war and had great hopes for a different future. Please try to address these questions in your narrative.

• What differences in levels of education, occupation, marriage ages, birthrates, divorce, and any other “family events” did you discover?
• Is there a pattern of education, transportation, food habits, and so forth for other generations of your family?
• How do previous generations compare to the current one in your family?
• What trends do you see from your research that tell you what future families may look like?

Extra Credit:

Create a Family Tree diagraming as many of your family members as you can, at the very least you need to include your parents and siblings, spouse (if you have one), children (if you have any) For each person please include their birth date, death date (if they have passed), marriage date, and career.

Birth date is noted like this:                b.  11/5/77

Death date is noted like this:              d.  6/8/17

Marriage date is noted like this:          m. 8/16/80

There are many online family tree templates you may use; here is an example of one I found: http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/family-tree-template.html

*This assignment is a designed to be a living document; growing and changing over time as your family grows and changes. Please plan to pass it on to the next generation in your family when the time is right. This is a written history of your family.