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== Teaching Ideas == | == Teaching Ideas == | ||
'''During the first class''' | '''During the first class''' | ||
*Bring several examples of family histories you have found. Share how you feel about these histories. Ask if any of the class members have a history of an ancestor that is significant to them. Discuss how the relations and descendants of your class members might feel about the family history they are planning to write. | *Bring several examples of family histories you have found. Share how you feel about these histories. Ask if any of the class members have a history of an ancestor that is significant to them. Discuss how the relations and descendants of your class members might feel about the family history they are planning to write. | ||
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*Ask class members what information and or objects they found that might prove helpful in creating a family history. | *Ask class members what information and or objects they found that might prove helpful in creating a family history. | ||
*If class members have begun writing a family history, ask them if they would be willing to share what they have created. | *If class members have begun writing a family history, ask them if they would be willing to share what they have created. | ||
*Have the students who desire, exchange stories. Give them time to read the stories and then have the class members discuss the stories and ask questions about them for enrichment and clarification. | *Have the students who desire, exchange stories. Give them time to read the stories and then have the class members discuss the stories and ask questions about them for enrichment and clarification. | ||
*Have students discuss whether they want to change or modify the focus of their family history project after their work so far. | *Have students discuss whether they want to change or modify the focus of their family history project after their work so far. | ||
*Review the list of Web sites and books. | *Review the list of Web sites and books. | ||
*You may want to invite and encourage students to set a goal for when they will complete their personal history | *You may want to invite and encourage students to set a goal for when they will complete their personal history | ||