History From Your Roots

 

 
Scope and Sequence
 
 

Scope and Sequence ~ for grades 4 and up

Goals, and objectives –

The student will learn about American history from a personal perspective. This will be done through tracing their family tree and correlating persons related to them to events in history. Learning history this way will create a more natural reason to remember historical events and when they took place.

The students will learn about assembling their Family tree and then begin to progress through American History through researching and writing in response to questions that draw thought and reflection about events and how they affected the people living at the time they occurred.

The students will learn how to do both historical and genealogy research on the Internet and at the library. The students will be expected to write grade appropriate responses to questions and assignments, as well as oral reports. Students will learn how to properly track their sources and you can show them how to use footnotes in their writing.

Through this class the student should gain a greater knowledge of history as well as appreciation for the people that came before them.

If you choose to you can also incorporate this unit study as a part of your English curriculum. This is done by assigning relevant reading, vocabulary and spelling each week and using various types of written reports for writing practice.

Segment Topic  
Lesson(s) Cover

Introduction—
Why is history important to learn?
1 week - Overview of the year ahead

* Group discussion and brainstorming.
* How the events of the past relate to the future.
* What can we learn from how different events affected our ancestors.

..

How to build a Family Tree-
4 weeks - Possibly do a class at the library
The student will learn how to take what they know about their family and build upon it to learn where they came from.
* What and who are ancestors
* Where their ancestors lived, and pattern of migration.
* What kind of work they did.
* The era that they lived in and how it affected them.
This will be done through interviewing family members and learning how to research through primary and secondary sources.

Building the family tree

* What is a Pedigree Chart
* What is a family Group Sheet

Sources: The Importance--
Primary:
* Family Bible
* Census Images
* Birth/ Death Certificates
* Other Legal Documents
* Published Histories
Secondary:
* Unpublished or Limited publication Histories
* Family word of mouth
* Websites

..

U S History Study-

Take your student(s) on a journey through history in time periods from pre-1600 to the present.

The year period covered and the length of time taken to cover each period can be adjusted to your teaching needs.
* Discuss some main events that occurred during each time period
* Each week have the student(s) choose a significant event that took place and write about the event; if they had an ancestor involved; and how it might have affected them or others living at that time.
* Each week the student(s) will tell of the event they chose and why.

Home .|. Order .| . 2008©EWPublishing.com