Element #1- Family Interview
Element #1- Family Interview
Embedded Files
Students will interview a family member about a move in their history. We had them write 10 questions using the Interview Template in the Historian's Journal. We had a class discussion about open and closed questions as well as interview etiquette. Students can take a video or audio recording of the interview. A typed transcript is included in the finished scrapbook.
Element #2- Graphic Representation
Element #2- Graphic Representation
Create and use maps and other graphic representations in order to explain relationships and reveal patterns or trends. Example of representations could be maps, timelines, charts, graphs, family trees, etc.
Element #3- Push/Pull Factors for Moving
Element #3- Push/Pull Factors for Moving
Explain the push/pull factors associated with your family's move. How do these factors relate to westward expansion?
Element #4- Personal Narrative
Element #4- Personal Narrative
Tell your family's story of movement. How did this move affect your family? Connect this move to westward expansion.
Element #5- Primary Sources
Element #5- Primary Sources
Use primary sources to help tell the story of your family's move. Examples include pictures, documents, census records, journals/diaries, etc.
Completed Projects
Completed Projects
Complete projects could be traditional paper scrapbooks or electronic scrapbooks. Here are some examples from both schools. If the students chose to do a google slide presentation, they also had to screencast the presentation and explain it in their own words.
Digital Scrapbook Presentations:
Digital Scrapbook Presentations:
Grandpa's Move- Nebraska to Hawaii and Back Again
Moving On: From Germany to Iowa- Screencast Presentation
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