Sharing Our Family Histories

As students study culture, and begin to learn about cultures from around the world and through time, it is important for them to understand their own culture and to become aware of their assumptions about how the world is as viewed through that lens... And so, we take a bit of time to learn of our own families and our community, and to share that history in class. Students tell of where their families came from, what brought them to this region, what keeps them here, and most share some object or story or tradition that is meaningful in their family.