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2. What are ancestors?
5 points
Student answers should reflect an understanding that ancestors are
the people born before us.
Possible 5-point student answer: Ancestors are the people who were
born before us.
3. Fill-in the time line to highlight 5 special
events in your life. List each event and record the year the event took
place.
15 points
5 points for 5 significant events.
Significant events include momentous or meaningful events that have
occurred throughout the student's life.
5 points for chronological order.
5 points for including the year of the event.
4. Construct your family tree as far as you
can go.
Label the boxes to fill in the family tree.
15 points
3 points if the student labels the appropriate box with his/her name.
4 points for each completed line of the family tree.
Students should begin with themselves and add their parents, grandparents,
great grandparents etc. to the appropriate tree limb.
5. Look at the artifacts below.
Use these questions (artifact analysis) to make a guess about what
you think they are.
How were these artifacts used?
What are they made of?
Are the artifacts similar to something you have seen or used before?
If so,
More credit is given for your explanation.
15 points
5 points for answers that include artifact analysis.
1 point for answers that do not include artifact analysis.
6. Circle only examples of primary sources
below.
10 points
2 points for each item circled. Students should circle all pictures.
7. Think of 3 more primary sources that you
could use to learn more about your family's history.
15 points
5 points for each source listed.
Primary sources include written documents, images, and artifacts from
the period being studied.
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Student as an
Historian