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- 4th
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Students open the lines of communication between family members and to gain a historical understanding about family history. They research and interview their grandparents and parents and create a research paper. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students examine how different artifacts represent family history, stories, and experiences. They act as reporters for their own family artifacts sharing them with the class. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students listen to The Keeping Quilt and through class/small group discussion relate this story to beliefs, customs, and traditions of their own families. They make a class quilt based on these discussions. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students organize and write an autobiography on their family histories. They conduct research on their ancestry, take a quiz on family history, and write a 300 word research paper. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students inteview members of their family, research their family's history and record it. They observe and identify people in their oldest family photographs. They create a photo album with captions. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students locate and bring in family photographs that contain persons unknown to them. The class discusses the photographs and analyzes them for details that might give clues to the person's identity. They research the photos and write captions. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students interview family members in order to record family history in the form of a pioneer story, and also interview a member of the faculty in class. They practice note-taking during an interview, re-reading and editing an interview, and then writ Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students discuss various ways families and communities pass down oral and visual art forms to younger generations. This multi-subject introductory lesson prepares students to create a project about their own families. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students research their family trees. They research Internet sites, conduct interviews and, when possible, access primary sources to compile information about their family's history. Students present their findings in a family tree. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss if they they know their family's history or if their first name is a "family name". They list their father's, mother's grandparents' (all four) names and add in their aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters. They then write their short family history from what they know. Full Review »

