Changing Faces, Shaping Places
Who do you think you are? - Starter
Who do you think you are?
You may well have watched the BBC programme Who do you think you are? on television. In the programme, celebrities trace their family history and find out a bit about their origins and family heritage. Often, they uncover patterns of migration as ancestors have moved from one country to another.
In this starter activity, your task is use the Who do you think you are? website to research the family history of a celebrity of your choice.
Try to find out the answers to the following questions:
- Where did the celebrity's family originally come from? (This may be several different countries.)
- When did their family move to the UK?
- What were the reasons for this move?
- Where did the family settle when they arrived in the UK?
Plus anything else of interest that you can discover about their heritage.
Share your findings with the rest of the class.