Family History Show and Tell

I did something like this in college and thought it might be fun to try it with the girls.  We asked them to bring a picture or an artifact that belonged to one of their ancestors.  Then they would tell us a little about the artifact and give a brief history about the person it belonged to.

We told the parents about three weeks in advance so the girls could start preparing and they did an amazing job!

One girl brought a Book of Mormon and shared the conversion story of one of her ancestors who used to jail the Mormons.  Another girl brought a picture of her 4-greats grandmother and told about her trek across the plains.  

We had about twenty minutes left at the end of the activity so we used the time to teach the girls how to fill out a Pedigree Chart.  We obviously lost some of them at that point but most were still intrigued.

Super fun activity and it helps to fulfill a portion of one of the goals in Learning and Living the Gospel.