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- 3rd - 5th
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Students interview, document, and sequence important events within their own family. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students listen to the book, The Relatives Came, and recognize roles of family members and identify members of their immediate and extended family. They read, draw, role-play and sing about family roles and titles. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students interview relatives and compose a family story on the computer. This lesson was completed in conjunction with two other lesson plans using the same theme but could be used alone. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students explain the past through oral history. They see how family stories are heirlooms and construct a photo album reminiscent of days past. They interview family members to write captions that go along with the photos. Full Review »
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- 5th - 11th
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Students interview their own family, and gather documents and records regarding their immigrant ancestors. They research their country or countries of origin and write a brief history of the country, and develop reports on their family trees. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students participate in a series of hands-on, online, and multimedia activities to examine the concepts of data collection. They collect data on how many people are in their families and use the information to create a tally chart and a class line plot. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss how a family can grow and change. They are to interview their family members about important events that have occured. They are to create a timeline to complete as well. Timelines are shared with the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in a discussion about families, culture, and traditions. They explore the strengths and limitations of their own family and make a family coat of arms. They discuss with the rest of the class which of their cultural traditions they feel most proud of. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students trace their family history back to their great-grandparents and examine where their family is from and what types of jobs their ancestors had. They also define different terms used to describe family relations such as sister/brother, mother/father, aunt/uncle, etc. Finally, students graphically depict a family tree. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students examine the importance of family and community. After watching a video, they draw their own family tree and graph the information of the types of families living in their neighborhood. They compare and contrast modern communities with those of the past to end the lesson. Full Review »