Do you want to help students learn about different areas in the United States and other countries by studying their own family histories?
Teaching your students to track their own family histories and migration patterns with Microsoft MapPoint can engage students personally in learning about history, social studies, and other subjects.
Use Microsoft MapPoint to track a family's migration. Here's how:
Track family migration using MapPoint and export information to Excel
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Ask students to find out where their parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents were born.
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Using MapPoint, have the students locate the towns and cities where their ancestors were born.
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For each location, have them place a 'push-pin' on the location to mark the spot. Have them choose one color of push-pin for maternal lineage and another color for paternal lineage.
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Students will then draw a line from their great-great grandparents to their great-grandparents to their grandparents to their parents and, finally, end the line with them.
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When all of the push-pins have been placed, students may select all locations (push-pins) and export those locations to Microsoft Excel.
Each student now has a complete list of their ancestors and places of birth.
