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Teaching Social Studies Through Genealogy [Portable Document Format (PDF)]
eBook by Mackey Pendergrast
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eBook Category: Education
eBook Description: [Homeschool version] Even the most exciting events, people, books, or ideas can be boring to your children if the information has no meaning for them. Also, the best lesson plans complemented by technology or new teaching techniques will fail if your children do not connect to the material. The researching of one's family history overcomes this dilemma in a very effective manner. This book will show you how to encourage your children to investigate their families and their legacies as a part of any curriculum. Along with a guide to the twelve steps of a genealogy portfolio this book includes 15 lesson plans complemented by readings, worksheets, internet sites, and genealogy charts. Flexibly Designed for Middle School through Advanced High School.
eBook Publisher: History Solutions, Published: Fictionwise.com, 2001
Fictionwise Release Date: September 2001
Available eBook Formats [Portable Document Format (PDF) - What's this?]: Portable Document Format (PDF) [681 KB]
Words: 18675
Reading time: 53-74 min.
Portable Document Format (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
Why Use Genealogy To Teach Homeschoolers? Even the most exciting events, people, books, or ideas can be boring if the information has no meaning. Furthermore, the best lesson plans complemented by technology or new teaching techniques, will fail if our children do not connect with the material. Genealogy, or the researching of one's family history overcomes this dilemma in a very effective manner. This book will show you how to encourage your children to investigate their families and their legacies. Researching one's family history is a vast, complicated, and time consuming process, thus this book will only introduce the basics of genealogical research. Yet, this process will intrinsically connect your children to history and motivate them to improve their skills in many different disciplines. Furthermore, the process of researching one's family history is an activity that will bring the whole family together. Children will have a far greater appreciation for the struggles of earlier generations and this will add tremendous value as to how they view today's world and their own life. This research will also produce great interest in events that may have been meaningless before. Perhaps, "labor unions" is a topic which doesn't excite your child. Yet, if they learned that their grandfather was involved in the violent Great Silk Strike of 1913 it intrinsically develops their interest. Parents can take advantage of this in multiple ways (many of which are discussed in part II). This is an interdisciplinary and integrated approach, as it can easily be modified to meet the needs of any learner. This book consists of three parts: Section One: Comprehensive Genealogy Project This is an extended personal project that consists of 12 parts. Section Two: Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans This section includes 14 lesson plans targeting different skills and elements involved in the genealogical process. These lessons are interdisciplinary. The use of technology, math, science, geography, history and English all demonstrate the cross-curricular nature of the project. These activities have been tested over the last eight years and your child will find them as meaningful and valuable as any lesson. Section Three: Appendix This section contains all worksheets and forms that are mentioned in this book.
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