This document provides the objectives, tasks, and assessment criteria for a group and individual project on family history and culture for a Culture and Civilization course. The group component involves creating a graphical timeline and family tree displaying the researched family history, as well as a 10-minute informational video. Individually, students must produce an A5 booklet highlighting their family's culture and traditions. The project aims to explore genealogy through research and analysis, study changes in human living over time, and develop information gathering and presentation skills. Students will be assessed based on their understanding of the brief, quality of documented findings, creativity and content for the group work, and team collaboration.

1. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING & DESIGN
Research Unit for Modern Architecture Studies in Southeast Asia
Foundation of Natural and Built Environments
CULTURE & CIVILIZATION (FDES 0815)
Prerequisite: None
Lecturers: Normah Sulaiman & Delliya Mohd.Zain
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Project 1 (Group &Individual): 20% marks
Back to Our Roots
Submission date – Group Work: 23rd October 2013
Submission date- Individual Work: 30th October 2013
Introduction
"If you can understand the forces which shaped men's lives then you can better understand those men."
Val Greenwood
This interpretation of family history fits squarely with the view that all family history is contextual, i.e., it cannot be
viewed in isolation or separated from its historical framework. At its root, genealogy satisfies basic human
curiosity. These needs can be summed up in three fundamental questions:
The Past – Where do I come from?
The Present – Why am I here?
The Future – What is going to happen to me?
Objectives
1. To explore to the genealogy through research and analysis
2. To study the change of human living from past to present
3. To develop skills in gathering information and synthesizing relevant information into a concise
presentation
Learning Outcomes
1. Able to describe the historical development of human civilization.
2. Able to develop skills of data gathering.

2. Tasks
In a group of 2, produce a
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Graphical Time-line Calendar together with your family tree.
A 10 minutes video of the interview and research that has been done
1. Both Graphical Calendar & Family Tree and info graphic should consist of Text (short summary)
and Images (Illustration, photo, diagram or chart, etc) that best represent the topic discussed
2. In your info graphic, you should highlight the any issues relating to geographical, economy, politics,
culture, characteristics and achievement
Individually, you are to produce
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An A5 info graphic booklet representing your family culture and traditions.
1. In your booklet, you should highlight any issues relating to culture and traditions that your family
practice using illustrations (sketch, photo, diagram or chart, etc) and text(short summary).
Submission Requirement
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Maximum of TWO(2) A3 size Graphical Timeline and infographic board
A5 booklet ( maximum 4pages)
Both works must be in hand drawn or collage format (No computer graphics).
Referencing and citation of sources is to be inserted at the back of the culture journal.
Please write down Program Title, Subject Title, Student Name, ID, Assignment Title and
Submission Date at the back of each board.
6. Timeline and Video Submission date is 23rd October 2013, Venue @ LT 10, 10am
7. Final Submission date is 30th October 2013; Venue @ LT10, 10am.
Works submitted late will yield 10% mark reduction. For works submitted later than two working days, no
assessment will be done.

3. Assessment criteria
The students’ work will be assessed based on:
TGC
Acquired
Assessment Criteria
Marks %
Group Component
Demonstrated understanding of brief
10 %
Quality and Clarity of the documented findings
40%
Creativity and clarity of ideas, materiality and richness of content
30%
Team collaboration
20%
(Will be calculated as 20%) TOTAL
Suggested Reading Materials
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Genealogy As Pastime and Profession /Donald Lines Jacobus
The Handybook for Genealogists
100%