Finding Family Treasure
“Discovering Family Connections to History through Genealogy”
“Who are we?” Ms. Johansson asks her class of fifth graders. Her perplexed students soon discover the lesson she wants them to learn. While studying the founding of their country, they are challenged to understand the melting pot that makes up the American people—both past and present.
Based on a class assignment, students hear family stories connecting them to America’s earliest immigrants and settlers, as well as to the historical events their ancestors witnessed or experienced. Not only do the young people uncover personal connections to the past, but sometimes, connections to each other. It’s a story that deals with complex issues such as diversity, inclusion, multiculturalism, immigration, slavery, and antisemitism in an age-appropriate manner.
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About The Authors...
Jane R. Wood
Jane R. Wood is the author of six award-winning juvenile fiction books in which she weaves history and science into stories of mystery, adventure, and humor for young readers, ages 8–14. Students like her books because they’re fun—teachers like them for their educational value.
Wood is a former teacher, newspaper reporter, and television producer. She has a BA from the University of Florida and an MEd from the University of North Florida and is often asked to speak at book festivals, writer and publisher workshops and webinars, and education conferences.
Wood has served in leadership positions on several nonprofit boards involved in education, international relations, and book publishing. The author lives in Jacksonville, Florida, with her husband, Terry, and is the mother of two grown sons and five grandchildren.
K. I. Knight
Kathryn Knight, who uses the pen name K. I. Knight, is an international award-winning author, genetic genealogist, American historian, keynote speaker, and cemetery preservationist.
For more than thirteen years, Knight documented more than 20,000 hours researching the first recorded Africans to arrive in the English settlement of Virginia in 1619. Her literary works include Fate & Freedom, a five-star Gold medal historical trilogy detailing the lives of the 1619 Africans, as well as her nonfiction work, Unveiled – The Twenty & Odd: Documenting the First Africans in England’s America 1619–1625 and Beyond, for which she was awarded the Phillis Wheatley Book Award by the Sons and Daughters of the US Middle Passage.
Knight is a board member for several national nonprofit organizations and a member of numerous genealogical, historical, and literary societies.
Featured Podcast with Jane R. Wood
Jane was recently featured on Dr. Judith Briles’ Podcast – “Author U – Your Guide to Book Publishing” Dr. Briles asks Jane about working with Kathryn Knight in the creation of Finding Family Treasure. Genealogy for kids and the research behind it.
Finding Family Treasure received a Silver Award
from the Royal Palm Literary Awards.
“Who are we?” Ms. Johansson asks her class of fifth graders. Her perplexed students soon discover the lesson she wants them to learn. While studying the founding of their country, they are challenged to understand the melting pot that makes up the American people—both past and present.
Based on a class assignment, students hear family stories connecting them to America’s earliest immigrants and settlers, as well as to the historical events their ancestors witnessed or experienced. Not only do the young people uncover personal connections to the past, but sometimes, connections to each other. It’s a story that deals with complex issues such as diversity, inclusion, multiculturalism, immigration, slavery, and antisemitism in an age-appropriate manner.
Additional information
| Weight | 6.5 oz |
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| Dimensions | 6.5 × 4.5 × 1.25 in |
Articles by the Authors:
Discussing Diversity and Family in the Classroom –
By Jane R. Wood
How Family Stories Connect Us –
By K. I. Knight
