GED5009
Posted on Monday, October 15th, 2012
GED5009: Digging into Ancestral Roots
Students are encouraged to become amateur genealogists, recording their past for future generations using the modern tools of science and technology. Students examine how scientists use DNA evidence to trace one’s origins back to the beginning of humankind’s existence, and to determine how contemporary individuals might be related to one another. By examining microfilm technology and computer databases that store and retrieve data about their ancestors, students uncover data, such as birth, death, marriage records and land transactions. Through discussion forum activities and individual research, students retrieve family records and examine privacy issues associated with putting one’s family tree online. The final product is a four-generational family tree supported by genealogical evidence.
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