"People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors." -- Edmund Burke

"When a society or a civilization perishes, one condition can always be found. They forgot where they came from." -- Carle Sandburg

"In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage - to know who we are and where we came from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness." -- Alex Haley, Roots


Thursday, January 30, 2014

You're invited

Help children keep in touch with their cousins and learn about an ancestor at the same time by having a cousins camp.  Base it on the life of an ancestor.  Have the kids 12 and older be the counselors.  Divide the younger kids into jr (6-8) and sr (9-11).   Prepare a framework for the camp including a schedule and menu.  Have the counselors research the ancestor and prepare games, etc for the camp.  Let the counselors come a day early and set up camp.  Let them have a campfire with stories about the ancestor and sleep over in a tent.
Have the young ones come the next day for a 3-5 hour camp
Camp songs:  based on songs you know the ancestor used to sing, or songs from the period they lived.
Camp games:  games they used to play or games to get to know them better
Camp crafts:  based on their life
Celebrations:  Celebrate an anniversary or birthday with period food.  Include a spotlight of the person.
Skits: based on the life events of the ancestor
Etc.
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