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- 4th
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Students open the lines of communication between family members and to gain a historical understanding about family history. They research and interview their grandparents and parents and create a research paper. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students interview family members in order to record family history in the form of a pioneer story, and also interview a member of the faculty in class. They practice note-taking during an interview, re-reading and editing an interview, and then writ Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students conduct an interview with a family member to research their family history. They prepare a list of questions, conduct the interview, and determine which house to visit for an artifact search. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students read a non-fiction passage from a newspaper and distinguish which articles contain facts, opinions, or both. They then will place events regarding Black History in chronological order and complete a time line. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students create time lines, and identify possible relationships between events using a variety of resources. Students study cause and effect by looking at situation cards and identifying the type of event (as cause or effect). Students connect one cause/effect and affix it to a class time line being careful with spacing. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students determine family history when exploring chemical dependency. They examine family roles in a dysfunctional family. Students identify how to "change history" through awareness of risk factors. They are introduced to chemical dependency as a medical or genetic issue. 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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- 4th
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Students engage in research to study the accomplishments made during the Qin and Han Dynasties. They explore a time line of Chinese history to appreciate the cultural, mathematical, and scientific contributions of the Chinese. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students gather material about family history by talking to relatives, complete authentic Internet research using email and listservers, and create multimedia presentation based on their findings. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 12th
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Students organize and make plans to interview their relatives about their family history and view any heirlooms, diaries or photographs their relatives may have kept over the years. They write and illustrate the story of their family's past on a scroll they can save for generations to come. Full Review »

