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Social Studies: Family Tree (Extra Credit)You are an historian and your family has history. You will conduct oral histories in order to create a family tree. Find at least 2 members of your family or 2 people who have knowledge of your family. Politely explain the assignment and ask them if you may interview them in order to create a family tree.

Feel free to ask your own questions to complete your tree. However, if you have trouble coming up with some of your own, here are some sample questions to ask each person:

1. When and where were you born?2. Who are your parents? When and where were they born?3. Who is the oldest living person in my family? When and where were they born?4. Where is my family originally from? When did we move? Why did we move?5. Did anyone in our family ever live in the South? When did they move from the South? Why?6. Did anyone in our family emigrate from another country? Which country? When did they move? Why?

First Person

Name:

Relation to You:

Questions You Asked Answers First Person Gave1.

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Second Person

Name:

Relation to You:

Questions You Asked Answers Second Person Gave1.

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Now on another sheet of paper, create a family tree as completely as you can. Staple this sheet to your family tree and turn in both. Or, for even more extra credit, create a free account on www.geni.com, make a family tree, and print it out.

Here is a sample family tree (but yours should include dates and locations of births if you know them):