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Lesson 1 (from Prologue)

Objective

The book is based on the experiences of the author's mother. The author is enthralled by her mother's stories and she and her mother agree that much knowledge can be gained by telling the mother's history. The objective of this lesson is to examine the topic of family history and why the author and her mother feel that their history could help people, as well as why people keep track of family history, in general.

Lesson

Class Discussion 1:

Why do Christy and her daughter want to preserve the history of Christy's year volunteering to teach in the Smoky Mountains? What might they hope can be gained from passing on such knowledge and history?

Class Activity:

Many famous people have their family history told to everyone and not always willingly. In order to illustrate the good, bad and ugly of celebrities having their histories made public, divide...

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