Resource 1: Kinship chart

 Teacher resource for planning or adapting to use with pupils

A kinship chart shows how each person is related or connected to the others and their family or community. Different cultures have different ways of describing relatives.

Below is a simple kinship chart for Nigeria.

Me

  

_____________

 

My Parents

  

Father

_______________

   

Mother

______________

My Grandparents

 

Grandfather

__________

 

Grandmother

_________

 

My Brothers/ Sisters

 

_____________

_____________

_____________

 

Grandfather

__________

 

Grandmother

_________

3. Helping pupils explore their past

Resource 2: Another kinship chart