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A Heritage Study: Using Information Resources to Research Family History and Traditions

For Teachers 11th - 12th
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.
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Lesson Plan on Family History and Past Generations

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders 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.
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My Family Tree - Worksheet

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Here is a family tree worksheet with space for writing: Me, Sister, Brother, Mother, Father, Aunt, Uncle, Mother's Mother, Father's Mother, Mother's Father, Father's Father. This would be useful as a homework assignment designed to...
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Listening and Speaking

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students identify family members in English. In this language arts lesson, students use English to identify family members and draw a family tree based on auditory information.
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Family Tree

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this family tree activity, students label the family tree with the family words given to them. Students label 9 people with the family labels.
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Family History

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine immigration patterns. In this family history activity, 8th graders investigate their own family histories and then compare and contrast immigration patterns of their class to national immigration patterns between...
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My Family Worksheet

For Students K - 2nd
In this my family worksheet, students draw a picture of the people in their family and write a few sentences about their family.
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Settlers: Creating Family Trees & Historical Plays

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discuss who the founding members of their community were. In this community family tree lesson plan, students learn how to read a family tree and discuss information about the founding families of their community.
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My Family

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this family tree worksheet, students fill in the blanks about the relations of the family and their occupations and answer true and false questions. Students complete 22 questions about the family tree.
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Interactive
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English Exercises: The Family

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this family vocabulary worksheet, learners complete a 50 question online interactive exercise. Students study an illustrated family tree and identify family members. There is an audio component to this worksheet.
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English Exercises: Family Tree

For Students 7th
In this English exercises:  family tree worksheet, 7th graders interactively complete the family tree with the help of 10 clues listed, using logic to determine the relationships, with immediate online feedback.
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Discovering Why I Am Who I Am

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students analyze their family history and traditions. For this family history lesson, students identify family members to research and interview their family about the people. Students write their family histories and traditions....
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A Digital Family Tree Trip Through Time

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research their family history by creating a family tree and using online tools. In this family tree lesson, students use bubbl.us to research their biographical information and web the data. Students create timelines for their...
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Group Rehearsal

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students study their national and family heritage while working in groups.  In this personal history project, students examine the family shield or crest of the teacher while preparing to create and share their own with the class....
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A Family Recipe and Recollections Cookbook Project

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students create a family cookbook to record special family memories and collect important recipes. In this family traditions instructional activity, students create a cookbook of memories, stories, and favorite recipes. Students present...
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It's All in the Family with Mother's & Father's Day

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students interview family members to make a family tree for a Mother's or Father's Day card. In this family tree lesson, students read Love You Forever and discuss love within families. Students view Genealogy Resources on the Internet...
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History at Home: The Object Box

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine "artifacts". In this anthropology lesson, students analyze possible uses for objects such as washboards, hot water bottles, and old magazines. Students record and share their speculations with their classmates.
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Heirlooms

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students design a quilt square to reflect their special memory. In this family heirlooms instructional activity, students read The Patchwork Quilt and discuss the importance of family involvement in creating a family heirloom. Students...
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This is My Family

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this is my family worksheet, students color the family tree, cut out and paste the labels for each relative, then solve the crossword puzzle.
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Family History

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create photographic family histories. In this technology skills lesson, students create family trees with digital photographs that they take of the family members.
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Paint's Family Tree

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders learn about hereditary traits and family trees. In this heredity instructional activity, 5th graders act out a family tree skit and complete a 'trait summary' worksheet. Students then complete the 'Paint's Family Tree'...
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Unique Family Traditions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine unique family traditions. In this family tradition lesson, 2nd graders listen to a book about immigration. They interview a family member to determine where their ancestors came from and choose an article to share...
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Organizer
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My Family Tree

For Students K - 4th
In this family tree instructional activity, students fill in the blanks with the names of pictures of themselves, their parents, and their paternal and maternal grandparents.
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Organizer
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Family Tree

For Students 1st - 4th
In this family tree worksheet, learners fill in the graphic organizer with their own names, their parents' names, and their grandparents' names.