OCTOBER 3, WEDNESDAY

STUDENT EXPECTATION
Family History-PROJECT 3
Objective--Research and record a family tree. Scan copies of family photos to illustrate the family tree.

Materials
Copies of family photos
Scanner
Access to relatives for interviews
Word processing software
Storage media

Procedure
1. Interview your parents or other relatives to help you identify major milestones in your life so far. If you have a baby book, scrapbooks, or photo albums from your childhood, search through them for photographic evidence of the milestones.
2. Create a timeline chart that includes your milestones. Include relevant photographs. Use removable tape to secure photos to a separate sheet of paper. Add labels and captions to your chart to identify the photos.
3. Use a search engine to find a copy of a pedigree chart. Interview parents or other relatives to obtain the names and information called for on the chart. Include yourself, your parents, and grandparents. Add other names if you can. If possible, add small photos of each person next to his or her name.
4. Scan the timeline pages and pedigree chart into a word processing document.
5. Save the scanned files on a CD or USB drive for sharing with your family.

Extension
Interview a family member and create a timeline and history of their life. You can search online for tips to help you prepare and sample questions. Save a copy of your relative's timeline in electronic format. Give a both a hard copy and an electronic copy of the documents you have created to the person you interviewed.
WARM UP
Analogy/Word/WPM to blog-LAST
WHAT WORD COMPLETES THE ANALOGY?
CAKE : BATTER :: window : _____
1. home
2. glass
3. view
Word Quiz
What does it mean?
perfunctory
Before leaving the house Sandy gave the dog a perfunctory hug—
1. it was a really hard squeeze.
2. it was a long-lasting squeeze.
3. it was just a quick squeeze.