Family History Lesson Plans

Students investigate their family history through pictures and writing.  In this family history lesson, students research family culture, food, music, religion and clothing. Students gather pictures of the family and events.  Students make a presentation in Moviemaker. Students write descriptions in Spanish.

Students investigate their own family history by creating an in class project and presentation.  In this genealogy lesson, students research their family history using resources from their homes as well as the internet.  Students create scrapbooks, collages and family trees to present to their classmates.

Students discover their family history. In this geneology lesson plan, students participate in a discussion about family history and why it is important. Students create a family tree and present the family tree to the class. Students write a reflection about what they learned from this activity.

Students research their family history through ethnographical study. They locate information through a variety of sources, interview people, write a report and present an oral presentation to the class.

Eighth graders examine immigration patterns. In this family history lesson, 8th graders investigate their own family histories and then compare and contrast immigration patterns of their class to national immigration patterns between 1880 and 1920.

Students create photographic family histories. In this technology skills lesson, students create family trees with digital photographs that they take of the family members.

Students investigate their families history. In this sociology instructional activity, students talk to living relatives, record what is said on video, and create their own personal history by keeping a journal or creating a scrapbook of what they find and what occurs in their life in the present day.

Students create several interesting and informative pieces related to their family history. They assemble those pieces together in an attractive display. Students use reference material to locate flags from each country in their family background.

Students explore their family history.  In this series of roots lessons, students participate in a variety of activities to learn about families.  Students compare and contrast, discuss, read stories, and create art projects to help them learn and share about their family.

Students research information about their family history, record the information and create some sort of family tree. Then they present it orally to the class.