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Personal Heritage Project

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Project Title

Personal Heritage Project

Project Description

As a preliminary project to our Human Journey, we’ve designed a research project around heritage /ancestry/DNA. We start with family stories & work our way back through time using online resources, assorted documents, and (for the lucky few) DNA tests.

Learning Objectives

  • Performing Research
  • Grammar & Mechanics
  • Using Digital Media Strategically
  • Exponential Growth
  • Push/Pull factors of Migration
  • Science – DNA & genetics

Subjects

  • Science
  • Technology
  • Math
  • ELA
  • Social Studies

Grade Levels

  • 9th

“We learn who we come from in order to understand how connected we are with everyone else. This is a lesson in the history of what it means to be a human being.” –  9th grade student