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Reffering back to my family tree project in ELA this task was relevent to literature and what we were learning in history class. During the family tree project it was required for students to reasearch their genealogy in order to create a family tree. This was relevent to what we were doing in class at the time because we were reading a historical fiction novel called "The House of Dies Drear". In this novel we are introduced to a family that moves into an old slave house while living there they talk about ansectory and family ties. This was also the time that we were studying civil war history, slavery, and african american history in our social studies class. We were able to relate nformation from our history textbooks to what we were reading in our liturature novel.

During this project I learned things about my family that I didn't even know about them like their history, relatives, and spouses. This project has also helped me learn a lot about history and things that really matterd to my family, but most importantly america. Genealogy, or as some know "Our Family tree" is the study of your family's ancestors. I learned as people become more and more involved with researching their family tree there is often a point at which they suddenly realize that it is much more than just filling out the blanks in a tree! I think genealogy plays an important role in how we view ourselves, our history, and the connections we have around the world. Both children and adults can benefit from knowing where they come from and from studying their genealogy.

During this time, reading the historical novel and working on my project, we were also learning about African American history including slavery. This is relevant to what we were studying in both classes. The history of America is rooted in slavery.