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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students interview, document, and sequence important events within their own family. 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.
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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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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students discuss the attributes of a successful family after listening to the poem,"What Is a Family?" After sharing information about their own families, students work in groups to act out scenes from books that were previously read to them. Each group performs their book scenes for classmates. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students discuss reasons to consider pets as family members. In a discussion session, they compare their feelings with those of pets when either is treated poorly. After reading "Jasmine," a book about animal abandonment, students discuss how it could have been prevented. 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 »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students read a story entitled, "My Family." They predict what they expect to they family will be doing in the book. Students explore strategies for decoding unfamiliar words. They brainstorm things family members might teach each other. Cross-curricular activities are provided. 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 »