Family Migration Timeline

Name:

Date:

📚 Part 1: Understanding Migration

1. What does "migration" usually mean in a family history context?

Moving to live in a different town, region or country

Going on holiday for a week

Travelling to school each day

2. Which is an important ethical step before sharing a family member's story?

Ask permission from the person or their whānau

Invent details to make the story more exciting

Share everything online without checking

3. When you write dates on your timeline, which format should you use?

MM/DD/YYYY

DD/MM/YYYY

YYYY/MM/DD

4. Check all sources you could use to investigate a family migration story:

Interview a family member

Old passports, photos or letters

School timetables from childhood

Online family history records or newspapers

5. Where did your whānau originally come from? (Country / region)

6. Write two questions you will ask a family member when you interview them:

7. List three significant migration events for your family. Include a short date for each (DD/MM/YYYY):

1. ____________ _________

2. ____________ _________

3. ____________ _________

8. Create your timeline: draw a horizontal timeline and mark the events above. Add a short note about why each event was important.

9. Reflection — In one sentence, how has migration helped shape your family's identity?