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- Grade Range
- 2nd - 3rd
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Students explain the different activities in which families are engaged by creating a Family Bar Graph, a Family Collage, and a journal. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students discover how families deal with different types of changes through literature connections and discussion. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 11th
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Students, in groups, produce a family tree using computers to facilitate research and presentation. They plan, discuss and evaluate different technologies used in this assignment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 4th
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Students discuss the word "family" and examine the various types of families, focusing on those of students in the classroom. They create a "School Family Tree" that builds on the diversity of students in the classroom. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the proper ways to deal with conflict at home. In groups, they define family based on what it means to them and identify factors that lead to a breakdown in communications. They participate in role-playing scenerios in which they practice the techniques to discuss their problems. To end the lesson, they identify their personal wants and discover how it might cause problems within their families. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students and teachers share their individual concept of families to begin the lesson. As they read different pieces of literature, they keep a journal of the activities and problems each main character gets into. To end the lesson, they identify any parallels in the novel which resembles their own life about how they annoy their parents or how they annoy them. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students investigate the members of their family in order to determine how they are related and to compare their family structure with other families around the world. Students create a family book, introduce family members to the class, and produce skits about families. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students investigate the meaning of extended family as it is applied in the Puerto Rican culture. They study the vocabulary that is associated with families while comparing the Puerto Rican cultural roles to those present in their own families. They listen to stories and complete Venn diagrams. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students read the novel, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton. They discuss how the idea of family, both immediate and extended, affects the characters actions in the book. They create a poster of "family celebration" for the Greaser and Soc families of the book. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 6th
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Students discuss ways to keep healthy, and examine factors that influence health, including media. They then participate in mock public meeting on genetically modified foods in order to explore importance of governmental decisions in their lives, and consider views of different interest groups. Full Review »

