Ancestry Mini Book
Your assignment is to create a mini-book about you and where you came from.
Each question should be answered on a separate page in your book.
Front Cover: Your full name (first, middle, and last) & design a Coat of Arms
(Family Crest)
Page 1 - What is your family nationality? Where is this country located?
Page 2 - Where did you, your parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents
live before they came to Canada?
Page 3 - Why did your ancestors come to Canada?
Page 4 - Where have you traveled in the past?
Page 5 - What interesting experiences have you had?
Page 6 - What are two things that are important to you and you feel strongly
about?
Back Cover: Personal information using complete sentences.
● Where and when were you born? ● 2 autobiography points (eg. Something you
want others to know about you, that they don’t know already) ● 1 favorite
memory and why ● 1 important thing or interesting fact that happened on the day
you were born.
This is a sample of what your Coat of
Arms will look like on your front cover.
4 3 2 1
Mechanics Book does not Book contains 1 Book contains 2-4 Book contains more
contain spelling or spelling or grammar spelling or grammar than 4 spelling or
grammar errors. errors. errors. grammar errors.
Focus Questions Student answered all Student answered all Student answered a Student answered a
questions and went questions well. min. of 4 questions min. of 2 questions
beyond expectations. well. well.
Visual Aspect Book is visually Book is well Book is adequate, Book lacks evidence
interesting, neat and organized, but but needs of organization and
organized beyond requires more care. improvement in is not neat or easy to
expectations. neatness. follow.