My Place in History

Do you know why you have your own last name, and not someone else’s? Why do you live where you live? Why is your hair brown, or blonde, or red? The answers to these questions have to do with events that happened in the lives of the people who came before you. Your ancestors. Perhaps your ancestors didn’t realize that the choices they made would effect so many people. Just by living their lives, they created history. 

What about you? What choices do you make every day that will affect your children, and your grandchildren? You, too, are creating history, even as you live it.

In this Unit you will be taken through several activities that will help you to answer these questions and learn more about yourself and the people who came before you.

Follow the Student links to begin your journey to find the "Roots" of your Family Tree.

This Unit was Created by: Darcy Markham for ETC 567

Last updated: June 21, 2003