Natalie - Day
Two
Our second
day with Natalie was on Wed., Jan 23rd. We began on this day learning about primary
and secondary sources and were shown examples of each. We learned about a variety of artifacts. Natalie brought in family recipes, her
grandmother’s apron, many photos, a war ration book, and a diary. Natalie also told a story about a plane crash
that happened on her family property when she was a child. She had several pieces from this crash as
another example of an artifact.
Later in the
day we learned all about census records.
Natalie read a great book, Tricking the Tallyman by Jacqueline
Davies. This trickster tale takes place
in Tunbridge, VT during 1790, the year of the first U.S. census. After, she taught us how to search census
records online for information on our ancestors. Students learned that the latest census we
can look for is 1940 because census records are not released for 72 years after
the information is gathered.
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| A war ration book |
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| A piece of the plane! |
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| Family photo |
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