Draw your family tree

Start with yourself at the bottom of the page. If you are a girl, draw a circle, if you are a boy, draw a square. Write inside the circle or square; your name, and where you live. If you moved from another country, write the first country and then an arrow, and then the U.S. Draw circles and boxes for any sisters or brothers you have, right next to you, and draw a line connecting you together.

Next draw a line straight up on the page from you, and put symbols for your parents. Since families are made so many different ways, if it's not your parents, draw whomever it is you live with in your home(s). Again, for females draw circles, for males, squares. Write inside their name and the country or countries where they come from, if it is outside the US, and where they live now. If you know they have sisters and brothers, draw symbols next to them and connect them, just like you did for your own siblings.

Keep going back in time, adding your grandparents, great grandparents, etc. If you don't know, ask at home! How many families can be remembered more than three generations? Draw a symbol for everyone you can find out about.