You are going to be a detective to help preserve the first relative who came to Hawai'i, or a favorite relative's history. You will be bringing in drafts of information that you have discovered of this person's history, or biography. This project will be completed by the end of the quarter, or March 21, 2003. For now though, you will prepare the following:

1. Look for pictures of this relative. You can copy off pictures of this relative, or draw pictures related to this relative to be mounted to your poster.

2. Answer 2 a questions and 1 b question in paragraph form.

a-what kind of job did this person have; see if you can find out how much they got paid; what was a typical work-day like

a-what did this person do for fun

a-how is this person remembered - were they the serious-one in the family; how would you like for us to think of this family member; what traditions did that family member start for the family

b-how important were cultural foods to this relative - were they able to get the kind of food that they were accustomed to

b-what language did they speak - how would you say Merry Christmas, how are you, Happy Birthday, hello, or see you later - in that language

3. Put together a Time line of important times/events of this person's life. Add in no less than 3 other important events occurring in Hawaii, the United States or the World, during the same time as some of your relatives' important events.

You must have numbers 1, 2 and 3 completed, in draft form by Friday, February 21, 2003. We will be putting the poster together, in class, after 2/21.

You are welcome to use the internet and other printed resources to collect up information surrounding (or happening at the same time as) your relative's important moments. Be creative, while remembering that you are recounting this person's history, so that it will not be lost.

Family Biography Poster

You will use the information you gathered from your research to make a poster. I will give you a large piece of white paper for your poster, so that you can work on your poster this weekend. Your poster will be due on Thursday, February 7, 2002. Have fun and be creative!

Your poster should include the following:

1. Focus on at least 3 questions from your research. Write 1 short-essay in response to each question.

2. Make a time line that display important events.

3. Choose a "catchy" title for your poster. You may not use titles such as: Immigration, Biography, My Grandma. Please choose a title that is specific to your relative, and is interesting.

4. Draw a border around the edges of your poster.

5. Provide 3 illustrations on your poster. They must be related to what you have written about. Remember to color your illustrations.

6. If you have a picture of your relative, you may choose to attach it (or a copy of it) to your poster. Otherwise, you may just draw a picture of your relative. If you do not know what this relative looks like, please draw a picture of something that is related to their culture.

7. Write 1 paragraph about what you've learned by doing the family biography project.

8. Write 1 paragraph about how you've changed after doing this project.

I hope that you enjoyed learning more about your family - your history. Remember that by recording this information, you have contributed to the preservation of your family's history. Oral history is so valuable and needs to be passed down to each generation so information will not be lost.

On February 8, 11 and 12, the students will participate in a Gallery Exhibit. Each student will display his/her poster in our room, and they will verbally share particulars of their poster. More information is forthcoming on what they will verbally share with the class.