Meet the Ancestors

What is the meaning of ancestors?

Based on the picture below, what is the meaning
of ancestors?
Ancestor is

A person in your family who lived a long time ago

E.g: His ancestors had come from Cambodia to Malaysia

E.g: Our ancestors are all experts in sea navigation

Today’s focus: Reading Skills
Important Words for today

1. Ancestor
2. Genes
3. Generation
4. Genealogy
What is the meaning of genes?

- Guess the meaning

- I believe you have seen this
somewhere in Biology or
Science Textbook :)
Genes is

Part of cell passed from parents to children that determines how they look

Easy way to look at it is, you may not look the same as your parent, but you may
inherit your look from your grandparent

How many of you here look similar to your grandparent?

What is the meaning of generation?
Generation is

The people of about the same age in a particular family

Anyone born between 1981 and 1996 (ages 23 to 38 in 2019) is considered a

Millennial, and anyone born from 1997 onward is part of a new generation.

People of the same generation may have the same attitude or views towards life or the
world
What is the meaning of genealogy?

Genealogy is a combination of
two greek words “genea” and
“logy”
Genealogy is

Genea means “descent” or generation.

Logy means “A study of”.

When combined together, Genealogy means “A study of family history”

Now that we already know
all the words, let’s start
reading!
Page 6 and 7 of your Close - up Pdf Textbook
Heading is the title for
each paragraph/ section
in the text.