Google Historical Voyages And Events
"Ancestors' Journeys"
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Links: | Overview: Has your class done a project on ancestors? Have you traced your own family's ancestory? Maybe you studied where your ancestors lived and the jobs they did. Perhaps you traced the meaning or origins of your last name. Did you study about the millions of immigrants who entered countries through famous portals such as Ellis Island in New York or Angel Island in California? Perhaps you interviewed family members, parents or grandparents, or other people in your community to discover their stories. and discovered You've learned about their lives and the history of the events that helped shape their decisions to immigrate. We invited you to post your projects as you summarize your findings and explore the themes of the events in these people's lives. Exemplars: The following schools were the first to take part in this project. Please study their formats as models for your own projects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Project Title: 3rd Graders Trace The Routes of Their Ancestors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Third graders study ancestors and the immigration of their families through Ellis Island. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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