2.  Register 

3.  Create Family
     Database 

4.  Research Links 

5.  Writing Topics 

6.  Share On
     KIDROOTS 

7.  Create "Family Book" 

Participants 

School Pages 

Research Volunteers 

Volunteer/Teacher Introductions 

This project will run as an open-ended project beginning in September of 1997 and running until at least until the 20th of December 1997. The project could be extended due to the continued interest of participants. A new email list/forum has been created for this project called "KIDROOTS". Communication between students and research volunteers will take place on "KIDROOTS" with summaries posted to KIDPROJ occasionally to keep the rest of the KIDPROJ family up-to-date.

 Adult discussion of lesson plans, suggestions, etc. or notices to adult leaders will still take place on the KIDPROJ-COORD list as usual. 

Family history can be a long term project and can cover many subject areas: 

• History 
• Geography and Map Skills 
• Language Arts 
• Math - working with unfamiliar dates, calculating ages 
• Science - lifestyle improvements due to inventions 

GOALS

• To bring history alive for students by assisting them in learning how their family participated in 'real' history 
• To learn how previous generations actually lived, values they had, customs they practiced, etc. 
• To promote creative writing skills 
• To develop research and notetaking skills by 'digging' around in the family tree 
• To learn about other cultures by sharing with each other on the Kidproj list 
• To increase computer skills by using word processors, perhaps drawing or graphics programs, email, listservs, and the WWW 
• To learn more about community resources in individual geographical areas 
• Teachers will see more possibilities as they begin to think of how to incorporate Family History into the day to day work. 

Some families have a family Bible or written record that can be photocopied or copied by hand. Perhaps the class teacher will run into an amateur genealogist among the parents that would be willing to help in the classroom. 

Many families have stories that are passed down, it may no longer be known if they are true but these stories may very well contain valid clues to family history. And they are always interesting to write about. 

Armed with a database of information students are ready to start asking questions and planning research using any available tool including the internet and email. 

Who knows, maybe some of us will find "cousins" through Kidlink that we didn't know we had!!!!

To Participate

1. Who am I? 
2. What do I want to be when I grow up? 
3. What do I think would make the world a better place? 
4. What can I do now to make this happen? 

 subscribe kidproj-coord yourfirstname yourlastname 

From the web go to http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/quick.html for handy forms to do each subscription. 

Contact Diane Smith dianes@halcyon.com to register for the project or use this handy web form. Please include this information: 

• Name of group/school
• Grade/age
• # of students 
• Email address of group/class
• City
• State/Province
• Country
• Contact Name
• Contact email address

IRC chats

Kidlink IRC requires a seperate registration from other areas of Kidlink. Information can be found on the IRC pages. Registration can be done from the web or by email. Instructions to register are on the IRC web pages.