Family Tree Assignments
Drawing your Family History
Lesson 1: Drawing Your Immediate Family Tree
Turn to Page 2 of the Denaakk'e Workbook on Family History and read the introduction to the class
Turn to Page 3 and read the four stages of life.
Turn to Pages 7-8 and read the instructions for Drawing a Family Tree.
Follow the instructions 1-4 for drawing your immediate family (parents and children).
Send your family tree to Susan Paskvan or Eliza Jones or FAX to 907-374-9443.
When your family tree is returned make the corrections, if necessary.
Repeat steps 2-4 to draw your family tree for your mother and father's side of the family, including your grandparents on each side. Draw in your aunts and uncles on each side. Refer to pages 9 and 10 for the Denaakk'e kinship terms depending if you are a female or male.
Do you know the answers to the questions on page 19-20? (See Key Points below for help)
Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)
Do the activity lesson on www.quia.com Denaakk'e Introduction
Take the quiz on Denaakk'e Introduction (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.
Lesson 1 Key Points
Vocabulary Terms
Family Tee - A visual picture of a family's history.
___ se'ooze' - My name is ___.
eetaa'e - my father
eenaa'e - my mother
= - a union
| - descendants
sooghe - older brother
sode - older sister
see - me
seketl'e - younger brother
sedaadze' - younger sister
Did you learn these Objectives?
Are you able to introduce yourself in Denaakk'e?
Can you draw a family tree? How many generations can you draw?
Can you share your book on your family?
Lesson 2 Seye¬neyoo Book
Review kinship terms Page 9 and 10.
Review your family tree homework.
Read the Intrduction Speech form on Page 15-16
Go through each section, Introduction, Grandparents, Parents, Village and pick one option in each section that you will use to introduce yourself.
Write your speech and practice giving it out loud.
Do you know the answers to the questions on page 19? (See Key Points below for help)
Read Seyelneyoo 'My Family' on Page 17 and 18. (See Key Points below for help)
Write three sentences about six relatives, including yourself as directed on 1-3 on page 17.
Do the activity lesson on www.quia.com Seyelneyoo Book
Take the quiz on Denaakk'e Introduction and Conversation About My Family (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Take the quiz on Seye¬neyoo Book (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 2 Key Points
13 høkk’e nohødaatlle¬. (13 høkk’e nohødeghtlle¬.) I am 13 years old. __ høkk’e nohødaatlle¬. I am __ years old.
Denaakk’e hedohødege’eeh. I am learning Denaakk’e.
Lesson Objectives
Can you describe how the study of history benefits people?
Can you introduce yourself?
Can you introduce your relatives?
Can you tell what your relative does or what he or she likes to do?
Lesson 3 Oral History Interview
Read Pages 11-12 "Where do you fit in?".
Read the questions on Page 12. Get your tape recorder ready. Have pencil & paper ready.
Practice asking a classmate 10 questions.
Take notes while tape recording the sessions.
STOPPED WEB SITE CONSTRUCTION HERE. DO NOT READ BELOW - it's for another class.
Do you know the answers to the questions on page 39? (See Key Points below for help)
Take the quiz on Lesson 3 "The Way Historians Work" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 3 Key Points
Anthropologist - a person who studies the beginnings and the behavior of people.
Archaeologist - A person who finds and studies the things humans left behind in the past.
Artifact - An object made by a person
calculate - to figure something out.
Radiocarbon dating - a way of measuring the radioactivity of historic artifacts to determine how old they are.
Section Review Answers
Lesson 4 "Prehistory"
Scan Pages 40-44; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.
Scan Pages 40-44 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.
Scan for an read the short articles and questions in the yellow and gray boxes that you find on Pages 41, 43.
On page 44 Read the question so you know what to look for while you are reading.
Read Pages 40-44(take notes of important ideas)
Do you know the answers to the questions on page 44? (See Key Points below for help)
Take the quiz on Lesson 4 "Prehistory" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 4 Key Points
Decay - to rot away or spoil
Embers - the glowing remains of a fire
nomad - a person who moves from place to place
Obsidian - a volcanic glass
Prehistory - the time before humans left written records.
bison - another name for buffalo
boar - a wild pig-like animal
monument - an object or building that stands in place and is usually made of some kind of stone.
scholar - a well-educated person who has a great deal of knowledge about something
bronze - a hard metal made of a blend of copper and tin.
eclipse - the hiding of the sun by the moon
civilization - a people who have cities and government; a large group of people with a high level of development as a group
Are you able to describe some important events in the Stone Age?
Can you explain the difference between the Stone Age and the Bronze Age?
Can you discover the importance of farming to the history of humanity?
Preparing for Chapter 1 Test
Turn to Page 45 and read the article on "In the Beginning.
Turn to Page 46 and read the spotlight story, "The Search for the Truth"
Turn to Page 47 and read the Chapter 1 summary.
On page 48-49 you will find the Chapter 1 review, complete the review.
Check your answers with those in the Key Points.
Take the Chapter 1 Test "Prehistory"
Review the answers then print the results for your records.
Chapter 1 Review answers
Comprehension: Multiple Choice
Comprehension: Understanding Main Ideas:
Congratulations you finished the first chapter !!