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Recipe Interview Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th
In this family foodways worksheet, students interview a family member about a heirloom recipe. There are 9 short answer questions to be used during the interview.
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A Tudor Family Tree

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Tudor family tree worksheet, students identify who is in the 9 pictures of a Tudor family tree and acknowledge which family members were Catholic and which ones were Protestant.
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Patterns of Heredity

For Students 7th - 8th
A family tree of dogs guides learners through this activity, in which students analyze the pedigree. With a key describing the genetic attributes (tall dominant, short recessive, or male/female), learners complete five questions about...
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Family Matters 1

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this vocabulary worksheet, students answer 12 true/false questions based on a given family tree. For example, "Tina is Phil's mum."
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What is Your Story?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils conduct an interview with a member of their family in preparation for writing their own family histories. They listen to their teacher's family story, and listen to the book "Picnic in October." Students then conduct their...
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Family Trees

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
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...
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Grandparents' Day: Family History

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore Grandparents' Day. They interview their grandparents and select an activity to highlight their interview. They select a project including writing an essay, composing a song, creating a poem or scrapbook, or writing a...
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Sarah, Plain and Tall

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read Sarah, Plain and Tall, and they write a journal entry for each chapter. They can write about anything that come to mind as you read the story. Students are able to draw in the journal. They write down key words or...
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Family Traditions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research their family traditions. They select a tradition that has meaning to them and write about the traditions. They retell the story to a partner and add details. They write a draft of their story to a partner and...
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Family Tree

For Teachers 1st
First graders read with teacher several books about families and their relationships such as ALL KINDS OF FAMILIES. They take a family tree template home to fill out with their families and design and draw their own family tree on paper...
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Discovering Your Community

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students focus on the origins of the families that make up their community by exploring their family's origins through themselves, parents, and grandparents. Students create a map marked with family origins for the class.
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Family History

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners research information about their family history, record the information and create some sort of family tree. Then they present it orally to the class.
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Where I Come From

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the countries and cultures that are part of their family history. They research the country their family "came from" and write a report.
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Del Corazon

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students examine family traditions. They develop a list of family traditions, explore an artist website, read a biography about a selected artist, write a description and critique of an art piece, and write a description of a family...
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What is Culture?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the concept of culture. They discuss the Washoe culture, create a word web, develop a family tree of their own family for a class book, and complete a writing assignment.
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Oral Genealogy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research their family histories by conducing interviews with parents and grandparents. They put their histories into a chant or a chart/family tree and present it to their class.
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My Family Tradition

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine different family traditions to further explain social patterns. They complete a graphic organizer using educational software.
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Family Medical History Pedigree

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research his/her family medical history and produce a pedigree with information.
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Naming Traditions

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils get to know each other better and research their family and community history. After students research their own and their parents' names, they notice names in literature, history, and other studies and know more about these names.
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History - Up Close And Personal

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify national origin and population movement across U.S. of ancestors and/or community residents, explain historical development of major local industries, identify local social patterns/economic development as...
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Family Fables, Facts, and Other True Stories

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students conduct an interview about their family with their parents and/or grandparents. They write a story based on interview facts and create a presentation for the class.
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Making a Family Tree

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students, in groups, produce a family tree using computers to facilitate research and presentation. They plan, discuss and evaluate different technologies used in this assignment.
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Family Tree Activity

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this family tree worksheet, students pretend they are a member of a family tree shown and answer related questions. A reference web site for additional activities is given.
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Complete the Family Tree

For Students 6th - 7th
In this English royalty worksheet, students complete a family tree with members of the family that begins with Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.