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Day 3 - Continued Research

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 Day 3 - Continued Research

                                                                                Morning

    We began our morning by furthering our research into our ancestors. We looked through further documents, resources, and other primary sources. To keep us on track, each student met with Ms. Harrison to discuss their findings and how they can further enhance their studies. I found that much of my family's history is not located on Ancestry.com and I had to use different sources to track my family's background. Websites such as Family History, Findagrave, Familysearch, and many more are other sources I can use to track the origins of my family. 



Students using ancestry.com to further their research


    For the second portion of the day, we watched an episode of finding your roots featuring Nancy Pelosi, Norah O'Donnel, and Zac Posen. All three guests had stories from their relatives that shaped them into the people that they are today. For example, Norah O'Donnel's grandmother immigrated to the United States at the age of 23. This reminds me of my father's experience as he came to the United States at the young age of 18. As we learn about our histories, we can form a connection through the hardships our ancestors had to endeavor. 

We later participated in an exercise where we shared unique names found in our family tree. From my tree, I chose the name "Sakkar", which is the name of my great-grandmother. This name translates to "sugar" in English. We also shared our earliest ancestors we found with the class. They ranged from being born in the 1900s all the way to the early1400s. Lastly, we shared one primary source we found that shows the significance of our family tree. Personally, I chose my mother's naturalization record as it taught me what it took for my mother to become a citizen of the United States. I also chose a picture of my father from high school. This picture showed me my father in a different light and left me in awe to see my father at such a young age. 












                                                                High school picture of ASK class of 1984 - my father on the first row, 3rd from the right                                                                                                                                                                                                                


 Naturalization record of Ashraf Meghani

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