Name: ___________________
Assignment #1
Group: ___________________
Family Tree Assignment
Family trees are an important aspect of learning about our own personal histories. They
help us discover information about our family members and give us an idea of where we
came from.
You will build your own family tree researching the history of your family through to
your great grandparents. You can create the tree by hand or use computer programs such
as inspiration or publisher.
Family History Task Outline:
1. Complete a chart of your family, giving the names of your great- grandparents
through to you. Remember, you must also include the names of your aunts,
uncles, and cousins.
2. Complete a story or report about your family.
 Your story/report should be about 300 words and can be typed or
handwritten. In preparing your story/report, you must include and elaborate
on 5 of the following topics:
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Country (or region) of birth
Ethnic background
Languages spoken
Achievement or Honours
Occupation
Adventures/Travels
• Religion
• Marriage
• Birth
• Death
• Geographic movement
• Interesting stories
If you cannot get information on a particular individual, indicate that in the written part of
the assignment with a comment like “no information found on my great-grandfather”.
If you do not know one side of the family, or do not know your biological parents, do
more research on the side of the family you know, or write a biography of yourself.
Marking Structure
Chart /10 marks
Written /20 marks (12 for content, 5 incorporation of topics, 3 spelling and grammar)
Due Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010
Evaluation Rubric
Competency 3
Minimal
1
Chart
Layout
(10 marks)
Partial
2
No clear
organization of
information.
Family tree
organized in a
manner that is
difficult to follow.
Incorporation Included/discussed Included/discussed
of Topics
only 1 topic from
2 topics from the
(5 marks)
the list provided.
list provided.
Written
Content
(12 marks)
Information was
not well expressed
and lacked fluency
and organization.
Spelling and
Grammar
(3 marks)
Story/report
contained more
than 8 spelling or
grammatical
errors.
Information was
somewhat well
expressed and
lacked fluency and
organization.
Story/report
contained 6-8
spelling or
grammatical
errors.
Acceptable
3
Family tree was
attractive.
Thorough
4
Family tree was
very eye-catching.
Advanced
5
Family tree was
creative and
original.
Included/discussed Included/discussed Included/discussed
3 topics from the
4 topics the list
5 topics from the
list provided.
provided.
list provided.
Information was
well expressed,
but lacked fluency
and organization.
Information was
well expressed,
fluent and
organized.
Information was
very well
expressed, fluent
and organized.
Story/report
contained 5-3
spelling or
grammatical
errors.
Story/report
contained 2-1
spelling or
grammatical
errors.
Story/report had
no spelling or
grammatical
errors.