[Genealib] Re: Genealogy Services to Children

[Carrie Cook]

In my short tenure as local history and genealogy specialist, I was beginning to develop programs that could be accomplished in-house, as well as a few special things that could be taken on the road. Even if not working with specific groups on badges, their handbooks are a great place for ideas - geared for age group and interest.
   
  The "on the road" project that I wish I had had the chance to try out, which could help with badge work - even Cub Scouts - was a yearbook (or directory for older kids) scavenger hunt. If policy allowed, you would take a few cases of yearbooks with you and build this into your presentation: Set the yearbooks up in an easy to access area, explain/review basic citation, then distribute worksheets. These worksheets would have the items of the scavenger hunt on them. Items on worksheet could include a person, a business, a town notation, an organization, a teacher, etc. Unless a very small group working toward an individual prize, I'd make each worksheet list a bit different. Depending on age, I'd also make each part of the citation/answer a separate/labeled fill in the blank. This could also be done as an ongoing contest for family history (or other) month, in house: forms available that could cover even more reference material, turned in when complete, "winner" selected at
 random from correct/complete entries.
   
  Carrie Cook, Publisher
  Gregath Publishing Company


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