Family+Background+Project

Family Background Project

During this project you will learn more about yourself, your family, and history, in general. You will also learn to use and cite your research well. To get started, you will interview at least two members of your family to find out as much as possible about your family roots. From which country or countries did your family emigrate? Why did your family choose to immigrate to the United States? Does your family have a Coat of Arms? Were there economic, religious, or health reasons that necessitated the move? You can use internet sources ( ex. [|MyHeritage], [|FamilySearch]) or other sources at the public library to find members of your family and other topics related to your background. The information you get in your interviews will determine what topics you research. The two sources listed above are free sites I found, but there are many more available if you do a [|google] search if you are interested in looking up your family members.

Before you begin to conduct your research, fill out the[|BIG6 Research Organizer]Once you know where your family came from you can begin to look up information for the country of origin, time period, and events that affected immigration at the time.

Be sure to take notes as you read and find information from your sources.

You will use the research planner to help you record your information as you conduct your research. You must cite all of your sources in [|MLA style].

Follow the [|project checklist] and review the rubric to make sure that you have found, and correctly included, all necessary information.