Temple and Family History
My Family: Feel What They Felt
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Feel What They Felt

When you try to understand what life was like for an ancestor, you see him or her differently.

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Possible Activities

  • Ask Heavenly Father to help you discover the ancestors whose lives and stories can help you.

  • Put yourself in an ancestor’s shoes; read a story about an event in his or her life. What was life like for him or her? What was going on in the story?

  • After learning about an ancestor’s story, act out that story with your family.

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Go Digital

  • In a search engine, look up historical events that happened when one of your ancestors was alive. Think about what life must have been like for them.

  • Share what you learned with your cousins or other extended family members. How could you help them feel what you felt about your ancestors?