For this Family Tree assignment, each student will have to:

1. Create a family tree

A.      Create your family tree in PowerPoint including your grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. The family tree should fit on one slide and should include at least 12 family members.

B.      If you do not have photographs of all your family members, you may substitute pictures from magazines or downloaded images from the web (see #2, copyright section below).

C.      Photographs and pictures from magazines should be scanned and saved in a jpeg format. Images from the web should be saved in their original format (jpeg or gif).

D.      Open the pictures in Photoshop Elements program. 

E.       Since all images should be of equal size (crop, resize, etc.), manipulation of the images should be done in the following order:

1. Using Photoshop Elements, crop the images to include only the faces.

2. Resize all the images so they are the same size. Keep in mind that all images must fit on one slide, so you will probably need to make them the size of a postage stamp.

3. Change resolution to 72 pixels/inch.

4. The final image should be saved in its original format. If you are saving the image in a jpeg format, the image quality should be set at medium.

You may scan your pictures at the StarLab in Johnson Center, Room 229, if you do not have access to a scanner.  Photoshop Elements is available in Innovation Hall Academic Lab, Room 301.   There is also a GTA available for help during this month: Jeremy Boggs will be available in ENT 420 (NCC Honors Lab) on Wednesdays from 10-12 and Thursdays from 10-12.

F.       Open PowerPoint and insert the pictures into a blank presentation (see example). Click and drag the pictures to the appropriate location on the family tree. Use the Line tool to draw lines between the family members’ pictures.  For detailed instructions on how to perform manipulated images in Photoshop Elements and insert and rearrange pictures in PowerPoint, please see: http://cas.gmu.edu/tac/workshops/image_spring04/studentresources.html.  Once completed, save slide to a floppy disk or CD to turn in to instructor (see Family Tree example).. Print off two copies of your family tree: 1. Completed and 2. With the pictures cut out.

G.      Create a Word document and type a double spaced description in Spanish of your family tree utilizing vocabulary from the chapter (see example).  Print and bring a copy of this description to be presented in class.

H.      On the day the assignment is due, each student will bring the following to class:

·         a printed family tree along with the file on a floppy disk or CD for instructor

·         an additional picture of each family member

·         a typed out description of the family to be presented in class

I.         Class Activity

Student A gives pictures to Student B and reads his/her description twice to partner.  Student B needs to create a family tree based on the information that she/he hears.  After completing the tree, Student A asks Student B 5 questions (see Appendix A) and will evaluate the accuracy of family tree based on knowledge of family vocabulary.  This sheet will be turned in to the instructor.  Once completed, the partners switch roles and Student B reads his/her description while Student A uses the pictures to create a family tree and answers questions at the end.  Questions will be provided by the Instructor.

2. Copyright issues

Each student should be able to use his/her own family photos to complete this activity.  If not, they can capture images from the web or from magazines.  To obtain free photos, each student can do a search using the words “free photos” or “free images”.  If they use images of famous people, they will need to site each source website at the bottom of their slide (or create Slide #2 for copyright info).  They will not be able to copy a copyrighted image from the web.