Country Reports

All sixth graders are assigned a country and have to do a report and display on their country. It is quite involved and the project lasts for several months. Hailey chose to do her report on Sweden because the Liljenquist family comes directly from Sweden, just 3 or 4 grandpa's back! Hailey learned a lot about the country of her ancestors and even interviewed a lady who was born and raised in Sweden and came to the U.S. when she was Hailey's age. She found out that it was really common to change your last name because in Sweden there weren't a ton of different names and people wanted more individuality so changing your last name was kind of the thing to do. We already knew that Liljenquist was really Nielsen but one of the ancestors changed it to be more unique! That it is!

Oh and thank heavens for Ikea...we were able to go up there and grab some Swedish treats to display and hand out. How's that for convenience!