MY FAMILY TREE

CONNECTIONS

●The student will investigate family history and heritage; create a visual representation of family; trace physical movement of family members over time; and explore family connections to historical and geographical content in the 8th grade curriculum.

VOCABULARY● origins● migration● immigration● ancestors● genealogy● heritage● dialect● archives

WHY STUDY ABOUT OUR HERITAGE?

Learning about our ancestors, their lives and culture, helps us understand more about ourselves.

WHAT IS GENEALOGY?

The study of how persons and families descend from their ancestors.

GET A CLUE!

COLLECTING FACTS

People Organizations Governments

All keep records of important events.

TYPES OF RECORDS

Birth Certificates Hospital Records Marriage Licenses Military Records Newspaper Clippings Pictures Obituaries Birth Announcements Family Bible Letters, Diaries,

Journals

Personal Announcements, Invitations, or Programs

Census Records Church Records Tombstones, Funeral

Homes, or Cemetary Records

Immigration Records

WHERE TO BEGIN

Gather information about yourself.

TALK TO AN ADULT

TALK TO YOUR PARENT(S) OR GUARDIAN AND ASK THEM IF YOU CAN DO THIS ACTIVITY.

IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO, IT’S OKAY. YOU MAY RESEARCH A FAMOUS GEORGIANS HERITAGE INSTEAD…

ALTERNATIVE ASSIGNMENT

FAMILY TREE Shows a family’s

ancestors. Also called a lineage

chart or pedigree chart.

Copy the information from your birth certificate onto your pedigree chart.

Make copies of important records and keep them with your family tree.

INTERVIEWS Interview living relatives. When interviewing, write your name,

the name of the person being interviewed and the date and place where the interview is held.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS What is your full name? When and where were you born? When and where were married? What are the names of your brothers and sisters? What are your parents’ full names? When and where were they married? Ask about favorite things and memories too.

**Remember to get copies of documents if you can.

WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION

County Courthouse Local Historical

Society Department of Vital Statistics Internet Immigration and Naturalization

Service US Census Records National Archives Social Security

Administration

FAMILY TREE

FamilyTree

My Name:

John Kevin Holland

Date of Birth:

2-21-1963

Birth Place:

Atlanta, Georgia

Standards’ Connection:

Mother’s Name:

Betty Lucile Brandon

Date of Birth:

1-10-33

Birth Place:

Paragould, Arkansas

Standards’ Connection:

Father’s Name:

Richard Dwight Holland

Date of Birth:

10-4-1931

Birth Place:

New York, New York

Standards’ Connection:

William B. Hartsfield

1st Generation

Grandmother’s Name:

Rachel Elisabeth Smith

Date of Birth:

7-9-1912

Birth Place:

Craighead County, Arkansas

Standards’ Connection:

Mother’s Name:

Betty Lucile Brandon

Date of Birth:

1-10-33

Birth Place:

Paragould, Arkansas

Standards’ Connection:

Grandfather’s Name:

Emmett Elbert Brandon

Date of Birth:

? 1911

Birth Place:

Paragould, Arkansas

Standards’ Connection:

2nd Generation

Father’s Name:

Richard Dwight Holland

Date of Birth:

10-4-1931

Birth Place:

New York, New York

Standards’ Connection:

Mother’s Name:

Dellah May Devoll

Date of Birth:

5-18-1902

Birth Place:

Paragould, Arkansas

Standards’ Connection:

Sharecropping

Father’s Name:

James Cull Holland

Date of Birth:

9-16-1901

Birth Place:

Lowes, Kentucky

Standards’ Connection:

Sharecropping

2nd Generation

Grandmother’s Name:

Rachel Elisabeth Smith

Date of Birth:

7-9-1912

Birth Place:

Craigshead County, Arkansas

Standards’ Connection:

Grandmother’s Mother’s Name:

Date of Birth:

Birth Place:

Standards’ Connection:

Grandmother’s Father’s Name:

Date of Birth:

Birth Place:

Standards’ Connection:

3rd Generation

Grandfather’s Name:

Emmett Elbert Brandon

Date of Birth:

? 1911

Birth Place:

Paragould, Arkansas

Standards’ Connection:

Grandfather’s Mother’s Name:

Date of Birth:

Birth Place:

Standards’ Connection:

Grandfather’s Father’s Name:

Date of Birth:

Birth Place:

Standards’ Connection:

3rd Generation

Grandmother’s Name:

Delluh May DeVoll

Date of Birth:

5-18-1902

Birth Place:

Paragould, Arkansas

Standards’ Connection:

Grandmother’s Mother’s Name:

Ella Emma Dollins

Date of Birth:

9-3-1873

Birth Place:

?

Standards’ Connection:

Grandmother’s Father’s Name:

John Anderson DeVoll

Date of Birth:

6-3-1867

Birth Place:

?

Standards’ Connection:

3rd Generation

Grandfather’s Name:

James Cull Holland

Date of Birth:

9-16-1901

Birth Place:

Lowes, Kentucky

Standards’ Connection:

Grandfather’s Mother’s Name:

Winnie Elizabeth Goin

Date of Birth:

10-13-1884

Birth Place:

Fancy Farm, Kentucky

Standards’ Connection:

Grandfather’s Father’s Name:

James Buckhannan Holland

Date of Birth:

10-24-1858

Birth Place:

Barren Plain, Tennessee

Standards’ Connection:

3rd Generation

Analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia. ● Slavery● States’ rights● Missouri Compromise● Compromise of 1850● Georgia Platform● Kansas-Nebraska Act● Dred Scott case● Election of 1860● Secession in Georgia● Alexander Stephens ● Antietam● Emancipation Proclamation

● Gettysburg● Chickamauga● Union blockade ● Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign● Sherman’s March to the Sea● Andersonville● Reconstruction ● Freedmen’s Bureau● sharecropping and tenant farming● 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments ● Henry McNeal Turner ● Ku Klux Klan

Name of Family Member(s) alive during this period ofhistory:

Ella Emma DollinsJohn Anderson DeVollJames Buckhannan Holland

Georgia Performance Standards’ Topics 8th Grade Social Studies

Georgia Performance Standards’ Topics 8th Grade Social Studies

Evaluate key political, social, and economic changes that occurred in Georgia between 1877 and 1918.

● Bourbon Triumvirate● Henry Grady● International Cotton Exposition● Tom Watson and the Populists● Rebecca Latimer Felton● 1906 Atlanta Riot● Leo Frank Case● County unit system

● Jim Crow laws● Plessy v. Ferguson● disenfranchisement● Racial violence● Booker T. Washington● W. E. B. DuBois● John and Lugenia Burns Hope● Alonzo Herndon● World War I

Name of Family Member(s) alive during this period ofhistory:

Winnie Elizabeth GoinDellah May DeVollJames Cull Holland

Georgia Performance Standards’ Topics 8th Grade Social Studies

Analyze the important events that occurred after World War I and their impact on Georgia. ● Boll weevil● Drought● Great Depression● Eugene Talmadge● New Deal (Civilian Conservation Corps, Agricultural Adjustment Act, rural electrification, and Social Security)

Describe the impact of World War II on Georgia’s development economically, socially, and politically. ● World War II● Lend-Lease ● Pearl Harbor● Bell Aircraft● Military bases● Savannah and Brunswick shipyards● Richard Russell● Carl Vinson● Holocaust ● President Roosevelt

Name of Family Member(s) alive during this period ofhistory: May DeVoll, Cull Holland, Rachel Smith, Emmett Brandon

Name of Family Member(s) alive during this period ofhistory: May DeVoll, Cull Holland, Rachel Smith, Emmett Brandon

Georgia Performance Standards’ Topics 8th Grade Social Studies

Evaluate the role of Georgia in the modern civil rights movement.

● Civil rights ● Herman Talmadge● Benjamin Mays● 1946 governor’s race ● End of the white primary● Brown v. Board of Education● Martin Luther King, Jr.● 1956 state flag ● Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

● Sibley Commission● Hamilton Holmes/Charlayne Hunter ● Albany Movement● March on Washington● Civil Rights Act● Maynard Jackson ● Lester Maddox ● Andrew Young

Name of Family Member(s) alive during this period ofhistory:

Dellah May DeVollJames Cull HollandRichard Dwight HollandBetty Brandon

Georgia Performance Standards’ Topics 8th Grade Social Studies

Evaluate key post-World War II developments of Georgia from 1945 to 1970. ● Agriculture ● Development of Atlanta● William B. Hartsfield● Ivan Allen, Jr.● Major league sports● Ellis Arnall

Explain the importance of significant social, economic, and political developments in Georgia since 1970. ● Jimmy Carter ● Two-party system● 1996 Olympic Games ● Immigrant communities

Name of Family Member(s) alive during this period ofhistory: Richard Dwight Holland, Betty Brandon, Kevin Holland

Name of Family Member(s) alive during this period ofhistory: Richard Dwight Holland, Betty Brandon, Kevin Holland

SHARING INFORMATION WITH CLASS

RECORD FAMILY LOCATION ON MAPS

ADD INFORMATION TO TIMELINE

● Self Assessment● Family Tree● Oral

Presentation● Maps● Curriculum Ties

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