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Place Your Ancestor in History

11/1/2015

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One of the great things about teaching kids about their ancestors is that it almost always is a great launching point to discuss the world, national and local historical events that occurred when those ancestors lived. I created a worksheet to help you and your kids organize and visualize an ancestor's life against historical events. Of course, filling in the right side of this worksheet will take a little research, but upper-elementary students will have no trouble digging up some history online and lower elementary students can engage in online research, too, with a little help from an adult.

Fortunately, there are a LOT of great kid-oriented history books, videos, websites, blog posts, etc. and one of my missions at Growing Little Leaves is to create a one-stop kid-friendly cultural and history reference database on Pinterest where all of these sources are compiled. You check out Growing Little Leaves' profile below and follow along - I scour the Internet regularly and try to update my boards often with new material!
As always, this worksheet is FREE to download. Click on the image below to download a PDF.
Place Your Ancestor in History FREE Worksheet by GrowingLittleLeaves.com
Place Your Ancestor in History FREE Worksheet
Try filling out this worksheet for several ancestors in the same time period and compare and contrast the historical events that may have influenced (or not influenced) all of the ancestors. Obviously, historical events can be anything from wars to politics to cultural events to inventions. Try to encourage kids to think about all aspects of life when searching for events to include on the worksheet. And have a world and national maps handy may help when discussing some of the events you find.

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    Emily Kowalski Schroeder

    Founder and Author of Growing Little Leaves

    Emily Kowalski Schroeder / Founder and Author of GrowingLittleLeaves.com

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