MY FAMILY TREE
CONNECTIONS
●The student will investigate family history and heritage; create a visual representation of family; trace physical movement of family members over time; and explore family connections to historical and geographical content in the 8th grade curriculum.
VOCABULARY● origins● migration● immigration● ancestors● genealogy● heritage● dialect● archives
WHY STUDY ABOUT OUR HERITAGE?
Learning about our ancestors, their lives and culture, helps us understand more about ourselves.
WHAT IS GENEALOGY?
The study of how persons and families descend from their ancestors.
GET A CLUE!
COLLECTING FACTS
People Organizations Governments
All keep records of important events.
TYPES OF RECORDS
Birth Certificates Hospital Records Marriage Licenses Military Records Newspaper Clippings Pictures Obituaries Birth Announcements Family Bible Letters, Diaries,
Journals
Personal Announcements, Invitations, or Programs
Census Records Church Records Tombstones, Funeral
Homes, or Cemetary Records
Immigration Records
WHERE TO BEGIN
Gather information about yourself.
TALK TO AN ADULT
TALK TO YOUR PARENT(S) OR GUARDIAN AND ASK THEM IF YOU CAN DO THIS ACTIVITY.
IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO, IT’S OKAY. YOU MAY RESEARCH A FAMOUS GEORGIANS HERITAGE INSTEAD…
ALTERNATIVE ASSIGNMENT
FAMILY TREE Shows a family’s
ancestors. Also called a lineage
chart or pedigree chart.
Copy the information from your birth certificate onto your pedigree chart.
Make copies of important records and keep them with your family tree.
INTERVIEWS Interview living relatives. When interviewing, write your name,
the name of the person being interviewed and the date and place where the interview is held.
SAMPLE QUESTIONS What is your full name? When and where were you born? When and where were married? What are the names of your brothers and sisters? What are your parents’ full names? When and where were they married? Ask about favorite things and memories too.
**Remember to get copies of documents if you can.
WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION
County Courthouse Local Historical
Society Department of Vital Statistics Internet Immigration and Naturalization
Service US Census Records National Archives Social Security
Administration
FAMILY TREE
FamilyTree
My Name:
John Kevin Holland
Date of Birth:
2-21-1963
Birth Place:
Atlanta, Georgia
Standards’ Connection:
Mother’s Name:
Betty Lucile Brandon
Date of Birth:
1-10-33
Birth Place:
Paragould, Arkansas
Standards’ Connection:
Father’s Name:
Richard Dwight Holland
Date of Birth:
10-4-1931
Birth Place:
New York, New York
Standards’ Connection:
William B. Hartsfield
1st Generation
Grandmother’s Name:
Rachel Elisabeth Smith
Date of Birth:
7-9-1912
Birth Place:
Craighead County, Arkansas
Standards’ Connection:
Mother’s Name:
Betty Lucile Brandon
Date of Birth:
1-10-33
Birth Place:
Paragould, Arkansas
Standards’ Connection:
Grandfather’s Name:
Emmett Elbert Brandon
Date of Birth:
? 1911
Birth Place:
Paragould, Arkansas
Standards’ Connection:
2nd Generation
Father’s Name:
Richard Dwight Holland
Date of Birth:
10-4-1931
Birth Place:
New York, New York
Standards’ Connection:
Mother’s Name:
Dellah May Devoll
Date of Birth:
5-18-1902
Birth Place:
Paragould, Arkansas
Standards’ Connection:
Sharecropping
Father’s Name:
James Cull Holland
Date of Birth:
9-16-1901
Birth Place:
Lowes, Kentucky
Standards’ Connection:
Sharecropping
2nd Generation
Grandmother’s Name:
Rachel Elisabeth Smith
Date of Birth:
7-9-1912
Birth Place:
Craigshead County, Arkansas
Standards’ Connection:
Grandmother’s Mother’s Name:
Date of Birth:
Birth Place:
Standards’ Connection:
Grandmother’s Father’s Name:
Date of Birth:
Birth Place:
Standards’ Connection:
3rd Generation
Grandfather’s Name:
Emmett Elbert Brandon
Date of Birth:
? 1911
Birth Place:
Paragould, Arkansas
Standards’ Connection:
Grandfather’s Mother’s Name:
Date of Birth:
Birth Place:
Standards’ Connection:
Grandfather’s Father’s Name:
Date of Birth:
Birth Place:
Standards’ Connection:
3rd Generation
Grandmother’s Name:
Delluh May DeVoll
Date of Birth:
5-18-1902
Birth Place:
Paragould, Arkansas
Standards’ Connection:
Grandmother’s Mother’s Name:
Ella Emma Dollins
Date of Birth:
9-3-1873
Birth Place:
?
Standards’ Connection:
Grandmother’s Father’s Name:
John Anderson DeVoll
Date of Birth:
6-3-1867
Birth Place:
?
Standards’ Connection:
3rd Generation
Grandfather’s Name:
James Cull Holland
Date of Birth:
9-16-1901
Birth Place:
Lowes, Kentucky
Standards’ Connection:
Grandfather’s Mother’s Name:
Winnie Elizabeth Goin
Date of Birth:
10-13-1884
Birth Place:
Fancy Farm, Kentucky
Standards’ Connection:
Grandfather’s Father’s Name:
James Buckhannan Holland
Date of Birth:
10-24-1858
Birth Place:
Barren Plain, Tennessee
Standards’ Connection:
3rd Generation
Analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia. ● Slavery● States’ rights● Missouri Compromise● Compromise of 1850● Georgia Platform● Kansas-Nebraska Act● Dred Scott case● Election of 1860● Secession in Georgia● Alexander Stephens ● Antietam● Emancipation Proclamation
● Gettysburg● Chickamauga● Union blockade ● Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign● Sherman’s March to the Sea● Andersonville● Reconstruction ● Freedmen’s Bureau● sharecropping and tenant farming● 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments ● Henry McNeal Turner ● Ku Klux Klan
Name of Family Member(s) alive during this period ofhistory:
Ella Emma DollinsJohn Anderson DeVollJames Buckhannan Holland
Georgia Performance Standards’ Topics 8th Grade Social Studies
Georgia Performance Standards’ Topics 8th Grade Social Studies
Evaluate key political, social, and economic changes that occurred in Georgia between 1877 and 1918.
● Bourbon Triumvirate● Henry Grady● International Cotton Exposition● Tom Watson and the Populists● Rebecca Latimer Felton● 1906 Atlanta Riot● Leo Frank Case● County unit system
● Jim Crow laws● Plessy v. Ferguson● disenfranchisement● Racial violence● Booker T. Washington● W. E. B. DuBois● John and Lugenia Burns Hope● Alonzo Herndon● World War I
Name of Family Member(s) alive during this period ofhistory:
Winnie Elizabeth GoinDellah May DeVollJames Cull Holland
Georgia Performance Standards’ Topics 8th Grade Social Studies
Analyze the important events that occurred after World War I and their impact on Georgia. ● Boll weevil● Drought● Great Depression● Eugene Talmadge● New Deal (Civilian Conservation Corps, Agricultural Adjustment Act, rural electrification, and Social Security)
Describe the impact of World War II on Georgia’s development economically, socially, and politically. ● World War II● Lend-Lease ● Pearl Harbor● Bell Aircraft● Military bases● Savannah and Brunswick shipyards● Richard Russell● Carl Vinson● Holocaust ● President Roosevelt
Name of Family Member(s) alive during this period ofhistory: May DeVoll, Cull Holland, Rachel Smith, Emmett Brandon
Name of Family Member(s) alive during this period ofhistory: May DeVoll, Cull Holland, Rachel Smith, Emmett Brandon
Georgia Performance Standards’ Topics 8th Grade Social Studies
Evaluate the role of Georgia in the modern civil rights movement.
● Civil rights ● Herman Talmadge● Benjamin Mays● 1946 governor’s race ● End of the white primary● Brown v. Board of Education● Martin Luther King, Jr.● 1956 state flag ● Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
● Sibley Commission● Hamilton Holmes/Charlayne Hunter ● Albany Movement● March on Washington● Civil Rights Act● Maynard Jackson ● Lester Maddox ● Andrew Young
Name of Family Member(s) alive during this period ofhistory:
Dellah May DeVollJames Cull HollandRichard Dwight HollandBetty Brandon
Georgia Performance Standards’ Topics 8th Grade Social Studies
Evaluate key post-World War II developments of Georgia from 1945 to 1970. ● Agriculture ● Development of Atlanta● William B. Hartsfield● Ivan Allen, Jr.● Major league sports● Ellis Arnall
Explain the importance of significant social, economic, and political developments in Georgia since 1970. ● Jimmy Carter ● Two-party system● 1996 Olympic Games ● Immigrant communities
Name of Family Member(s) alive during this period ofhistory: Richard Dwight Holland, Betty Brandon, Kevin Holland
Name of Family Member(s) alive during this period ofhistory: Richard Dwight Holland, Betty Brandon, Kevin Holland
SHARING INFORMATION WITH CLASS
RECORD FAMILY LOCATION ON MAPS
ADD INFORMATION TO TIMELINE
● Self Assessment● Family Tree● Oral
Presentation● Maps● Curriculum Ties
EVALUATION -- RUBRIC
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