October+31

You have two areas to cover today....

(1) Explore voicethread.

(2) Brainstorm ideas/begin research for your personal history project

(1) __Voicethread Exploration:__


 * The first thing you need to do is grab a netbook and a pair of earphones.
 * Go to [|voicethread.com]and sign in
 * Remember to use your cfa e-mail address as your username
 * Use cfa12345 as your default password
 * View the following tutorials
 * What's a Voicethread?[|https://voicethread.com/?#q.b409.i848804]
 * 1-Minute Voicethread [|https://voicethread.com/?#u319069.b8381.i61448]
 * The Doodler [|https://voicethread.com/?#u319069.b711.i61849]
 * View a couple of examples that may get your creative juices flowing
 * [|http://voicethread.com/?#q+my+family+story.b628553.i3342260]
 * [|http://voicethread.com/?#q+came+to+america.b2142605.i11428294]

(2) Brainstorm and Plan for Project


 * Consider some of the following questions/ideas to guide your research for this project
 * Which of your family members likes to tell stories about the family's past? This could be one of your parents, grandparents, aunts, or uncles. Have a conversation with one of these storytellers to see what significant information they might have for you.


 * Where does your family name (surname) come from? Do you know anything about how the earliest members of your family got to America? Are there any living persons who might have information for you?


 * Do you have relatives who came through Ellis Island? Learn more about them here: []


 * Try to do a bit of internet research on your family to see what you come up with: []


 * If you are struggling to find something relevant in your family's past, can you think of someone you know who more recently left the known for the unknown? What were the circumstances?
 * Click here to access the questions that you will need to answer: Personal History Project