Family Tree

 For Social Studies we were given a theme to work with and this month the kids will be showcasing their work on families.  It could be anything they want.  Mckenzie chose to do a family tree.  He's done a lot of work.  And he still has lots to do.  Thankfully his grampa has done a LOT of work before him so we had a lot of great resources to go to.  We looked a lots of different ways to display his family tree and he decided on the fan style.  My paternal side goes all the way back to the 1720's which of course Mckenzie thought was pretty cool. 

As well as just charting the names of our ancestors he is in the process of deciding who to profile - or tell a bit of their story.  Those people are marked with a star.  He's got a fantastically descriptive and detailed story written by his Great Grandmother of her life starting in the late 1800's.  It's a wonderful glimpse into the pioneer life for new immigrants. 

And as well as the names and profiles he wants to chart their movements from Country to Country - Indiana Jones Style. 

I think the final project may not be fully complete by Tuesday but we'll keep working on it and in the end it will be a real work of art.  Below you can see that he's done lots of the fan however we're just waiting on some info for the other side.  Very interesting and inspiring to hear the stories of our heritage. 

 The early stages of work.

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Working on an art/painting project.  We used toilet paper rolls cut in half and flattened to create the shape.  He then painted to edge and stamped the paper, later filling in the colour.