Family History Digital Scrapbook
In this project you will become the historian. It is your task to research about your family and present the following information in a “scrapbook” style media. The report is to be in a digital format of your choosing. Be sure to follow the directions carefully.
Your family history scrapbook should contain the following. The first two activities are mandatory activities. You may include any of the others to enhance your book. A total of ten activities must be completed. Unless otherwise noted, all information must be about immediate family. Use good writing techniques, consider neatness as important. Plan an interesting cover – family crest, a photo or drawing, a collage, etc. Use your imagination.
Numbers one, two, and three are required:
- Family tree – model after attached pedigree chart. You must go back to great-grandparents, at least, on one side of your family. Include as much information as you can uncover. If you cannot find some information, leave it blank.
- Interview with parent(s) concerning the significant socialization experience during his/her/their teenage years. Compare and contrast to your answers with your parent(s). Develop a list of 20 questions. Must be approved by your teacher. (Example of questions: “Describe school when you were a teen.” “What did your family do for fun?” “Describe a major historical event that occurred while you were a teen.”)
- Identify the type of family structure you come from… First you must review the Family Structure PowerPoint on Mrs. Price’s website and then gather all the details to identify your family structure in your home. Please explain why you think this is your type of family.
Choose eight of the ten remaining activities
- Interesting family stories – minimum of three – one story per page. Be a story teller. Make sure that the story is interesting to someone outside of your family. In other words, if you had to have been there, it won’t be interesting to someone outside of your family.
- Military service – photocopies (take pict and insert in digital platform) – minimum of three. This may include extended family members. The artifacts may come from the same individual.
- Heirloom – minimum of one; must pass through at least three generations
- Photo or drawing of the object
- Reason of importance – why is it passed down from generation to generation.
- Family photos of living and dead (photocopies are fine- take a pict and insert in you digital format) – three page minimum, two photos per page minimum – must be labeled (who are these people and how are they related to you).
- Photocopies (taking picts of documents to insert in your digital format is fine) of family documents or clippings (i.e. newspaper stories, marriage certificates, birth certificates, etc.) – minimum of three documents total. You may put more than one per page.
- Cemetery headstone photos – labeled – minimum of three photos, identify the relationship to you.
- Your autobiography – Who Am I? Be a storyteller.
Ideas to include
- Vital information – birthplace, date, parents’ names, siblings
- Schools attended
- Places lived and why
- Person or persons who have influenced you
- Memorable experiences – include your earliest memory
- Important friendships
- Work
- Plans for the future
- A time when you have helped or have been helped by a member of your family
- Pictorial history of you – unlimited, include as many photos you wish. Arrange the photographs chronologically.
- Diary of your daily affairs – One week – preferably during Summer break.
- Clip art or picture of houses lived in with a written description of each. Interview parents for complete information. – Must have lived in minimum of two houses.
- Obituary (May choose to write a Bio-Geo Poem) – Your obituary. Date of your death is the date the project is due. Read obituaries in the local newspaper to get an idea of how they are written. If you are not comfortable writing an obituary, choose the Bio-Geo Poem.
Pedigree Chart