Diaspora+in+your+own+family


 * Where do you come from? Who is part of your family's genealogical history?**

**//Analyze://** noun //1. ( often initial  capital letter ) the body of Jews living in countries  outside Israel : the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity // //2. any group migration  or flight from a country or region. Synonyms: dispersion, <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> dissemination, migration, displacement, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">scattering. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Antonyms: return. // //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">3. any group that has been <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">dispersed <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> outside its traditional homeland, especially <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">involuntarily, <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> as Africans during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">di·as·po·ra **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">1.Which one of these definitions applies best to you and your “homeland” and why?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 2. Why would you think that none of these definitions apply to you and why?

**//Answer://** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">3. Would you ever want to live or visit the homeland of your forefathers? Do you feel any connection to that land? Why or why not?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">4. How many generations do you think makes a place a homeland? Or, does the adage “Home is where the heart is” apply?


 * //Create:// **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Create a family tree as far back as you can go with as much information as possible. You may use a real plant, branches, write on paper, make a poster, it is up to you.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">If you do not have access or knowledge of your family's history, please write down or add people you consider to be family, such as close friends, community members, pets, etc.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Next to the people, please write their country/city of origin (if available).