by Linda L. Reiss Volin (Author)
HUNTING FOR FAMILY HISTORY familiarizes students in middle, junior and senior high school grades with ways to learn their family history events and relationships. There are reading passages with questions, diversified games involving vocabulary development, writing prompts and other activities revolving around interdisciplinary subjects including language arts and social sciences. The provided reference information will help the readers learn where and how to gather family information in a variety of ways. Through the provided questionnaires they will be enabled to successfully conduct personal interviews and also communicate with relatives through mail and email exchanges. Included are examples for getting involved with research activities on the Internet. In addition, the readers will read about various libraries and other archives where they could locate their family information. While enriching their knowledge of personal family history they will develop skills to successfully enjoy this research adventure throughout life.