Lesson 2

Grade Level: 7

Subjects: History, Language Arts

Learner Outcomes:

• Students will use the internet and computer to research and locate specific information.
• Students will complete a family tree, researching their family members.
• Students will complete a quilt square with the family tree attached.

Materials:

• Family Tree Outline
• Computers
• Internet
• Construction paper

Teacher Notes:

• Assign students to research their family history of parents and grandparents a week before, so the students have a chance work with family members to find ancestors as far back as possible.
• Students must have a permission form to work on the Internet at school. Use an Acceptable Use Policy.

    Research (30 min.)
    1.    Teacher will instruct students to locate:                                                                                  http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa092701a.htm?PM=59_0101_T
    2.    Students will be given instructions to locate and search all of the last names that are linked to their families and see if they come up with any more interesting information to add to their family tree.
    3.    Students will record information and site name to add to their family history notes.
    4.    Teacher will walk around the classroom to observe and aid students through the activity.

    Report (40 min.)
    1.    Teacher will ask for everyone to stop working on the Internet and to locate Microsoft Word.
    2.    Teacher will guide them to the Family Tree Worksheet so they may compile all of their research to the worksheet provided.
    3.    Student will be walked through the process and informed how each branch is related directly to the student.
    4.    Students will then start a second page and record any interesting facts or information they found about their family and names on the Internet or family research and write it in paragraph form.
    5.    Students will also need to construct a work sited page for the Internet agencies they used and the people they interviewed. (Excellent practice for unusual works cited agencies.)

    Closing (5-10 min.)
    1.    Students will save family history on classroom disk, and print out 2 copies. One for the classroom projects and reports for the end of the week and one to take home to their families.
    2.    Students will exit computer programs.
    3.    Teacher will instruct students to glue one of their family trees and history information on a sheet of construction paper, and that they will need it at the end of the week, the second one will be turned in.

Modifications:

    1.    Students may not know anything about their family history in that case allow them to create one from the Internet, or allow them to research their name and complete a report on their name.
    2.    Students may need to work with a partner to guide them through the internet.
    3.    Allow extra time to complete the report for homework.

Enrichment Activities:

    1.    Students may want to locate additional web sites to locate more information, to elaborate on their family history reports.
    2.    Students may also want to construct a larger history compilation in a binder, or on the computer to keep a record of the family history.
    3.    Students could compile a history of their local town by turning this research into a larger project, by collecting interviews, and researching local history at the library or city hall.

Evaluation/Assessment:

    1.    Students will present their findings and history to the class on the last day with their oral presentation on their quilt.
    2.    Teacher's option: Students will be required to turn in the research paper for a grade on the works cited information and for the participation in the lab.

West Virginia Standards:

•     Language Arts:     7.56, 7.57, 7.60, 7.61, 7.62, 7.64, 7.88, 7.94, 7.95, 7.164, 7.165, 7.166, 7.170, 7.173
•     History:    7.29, 7.33, 7.34, 7.38, 7.52, 7.54, 7.57, 7.59, 7.60, 7.66, 7.68

• NL-ENG.K-12.6 APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
• NL-ENG.K-12.7 EVALUATING DATA
• NL-ENG.K-12.8 DEVELOPING RESEARCH SKILLS
• NL-ENG.K-12.9 MULTICULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
• NL-ENG.K-12.12 APPLYING LANGUAGE SKILLS

• NSS-G.K-12.2 PLACES AND REGIONS
• NSS-G.K-12.4 HUMAN SYSTEMS
• NSS-G.K-12.5 ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
• NSS-USH.5-12.2 ERA 2: COLONIZATION AND SETTLEMENT (1585-1763)
• NSS-USH.5-12.4 ERA 4: EXPANSION AND REFORM (1801-1861)
• NSS-USH.5-12.6 ERA 6: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL UNITED STATES (1870-1900)
• NSS-USH.5-12.7 ERA 7: THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA (1890-1930)

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