From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Jun 10 14:26:28 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5AKQSjb018753; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:26:28 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5AKQQaA000883 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:26:26 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k5AHogFI021869 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:50:42 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k5AHogBA021868 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:50:42 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k5AHR9FI021765 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:27:09 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k5AK2iTU007114 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:02:44 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Kith-n-Kin@cox.net Sat Jun 10 14:02:44 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5AK2ijb007105 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:02:44 -0600 Received: from fed1rmmtao12.cox.net (fed1rmmtao12.cox.net [68.230.241.27]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5AK2ehd017662 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:02:40 -0600 Received: from TOWER ([68.0.155.47]) by fed1rmmtao12.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060610200236.WGUB8684.fed1rmmtao12.cox.net@TOWER>; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:02:36 -0400 From: "Kith-n-Kin" To: "'DONALD STUMP'" , Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] genealogy class for kids? Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:02:37 -0700 Message-ID: <000a01c68cc8$d5a02d30$6601a8c0@TOWER> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 In-Reply-To: <20060610164002.80893.qmail@web31009.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Importance: Normal X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by admin.rootsweb.com id k5AK2ijb007105 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com I'm taking a risk here, but oh, well. . .subtlety is not my forte! When many of us were growing up, an activity we had in elementary school social studies was to make a family tree. While not the level we genealogists might think of today, these trees certainly sparked an interest in many children. Maybe only one or two generations, but none the less, it was there. I still have one done by my brother. A few (perhaps twenty?) years ago, it became politically incorrect to have the children do family trees, because you might trample on the feelings of a child who came from a divorced family, was adopted, was fostered, whose parents had not gotten married, who is here illegally. . . .and on and on. Oh, and the blessed privacy! Later, in at least some places, I understand, the attitude was modified, and melded into a broader definition of "family" and I've seen at least two grandchildren do such charts. As to teaching genealogy, perhaps you could offer to help the school children during one of these projects. If they have internet access, all the better. It wouldn't be much, probably, because of the time issue, but it's a start. Also, the local Parks and Recreation may be interested in this as a summer program. As long as we view genealogy from the "historical" perspective, rather than the "whoever dies with the most names wins" perspective, connecting it to the children's broader view of historical context, everybody wins. I say -- go for it! Someone has to take over when I'm gone. . . . Pat (in Tucson) |-----Original Message----- |From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com |[mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of DONALD STUMP |Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 09:40 |To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com |Subject: [ROOTS-L] genealogy class for kids? | | |Does anyone know if there are any genealogy classes for kids |in the schools? I would like to bring it to the schools in my |area, or at least to the attention of the administrators. Any |advice welcome. Thanks. | | | Don Stump | |