This sounds like a winner for genealogy in the classroom. National Geographic’s Genealogical Atlases lesson plan for students in grades 3-5 asks students to “interview their parents or other relatives about what it was like where they grew up." Students then utilize maps found online to make their own “genealogical atlases” showing their family ancestry.
Genealogical Atlases lesson plans may be found at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/g35/genealogical.html.
