Family History
What does Kyra use to learn about her family?
What is an interview.
What do we call someone who moves from one country to another?
Who is an immigrant?)
What is a primary source?
What is something made, used, or written in the past?)
What is a griot?
What is a storyteller from West Africa?
Who used interviews to learn about their family?
Who is Kyra?)
What tool does Jess use to explore her family’s past?
What is a scrapbook
True or False: Immigrants always have an easy time settling into their new
What is false
Is a letter written in 1900 a primary source?
What is yes?)
What do griots do?
What is tell stories to share culture and history?
What is the term for someone who moves to a new country?
What is an immigrant?
Who told Kyra that some relatives sold spices in India?
Who is Kyra's grandmother
Name one way immigrants adjust to life in a new country
What is starting a business / finding a new home / making new friends?)
Which is NOT a primary source: an old photo, a toy at the store, or a diary from the past?
What is a toy at the store?)
Where is it a tradition for griots to tell stories?
What is in villages in West Africa?
What do griots use to teach about the past?
What are stories?)
Where did Jess’s grandparents move from?
What sentence best shows that life wasn’t always easy for immigrants?
It took a while for immigrants long ago to settle into their new lives.
What type of source is written by someone who did NOT experience the event?
What is a secondary source?
Who is Ayana’s grandfather in the story?
What is a griot?
What kind of source is a photo from 100 years ago?
What is a primary source?)
Name one way you can learn about your family’s history.
What is using photos, interviewing relatives, or writing stories?)
Give an example of a tradition immigrants might bring to a new country.
What is food, music, or holiday celebrations?)
Name 2 examples of primary sources.
What are an old map and a journal?
Why are griots important to culture?
What is they keep stories and history alive through generations?)
Why might someone make a scrapbook?
What is to learn about or remember their family?