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Wants and Needs, Our community

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students, after hearing the story, "The Rag Coat" discuss how family, school, and neighborhood provide basic needs and learning experiences. They decipher the difference between wants and needs and create a collage showing wants and needs.
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Diversity of Families

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students discuss the word "family" and examine the various types of families, focusing on those of students in the classroom. They create a "School Family Tree" that builds on the diversity of students in the classroom.
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Look at the Past

For Students 4th - 5th
In this social studies worksheet looking at the past, students identify, list, and explain the materials that were used to build schools in the past as compared to their school today. Then they look at a photo of boys playing marbles and...
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Changing Families Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the increase of multigenerational families living under one roof. In groups, they discuss how more generations are affecting younger generations and how the family structure affects the relationships in families. They...
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The Patchwork Quilt and Something From Nothing

For Teachers K
Students listen to the teacher read the first 26 pages of the story, Something From Nothing, and discuss what predicting means, Students predict how Joesph might remember what his grandfather made him, now that the button is gone. They...
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Alleviating Poverty

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the prevalence of poverty. In this global studies lesson, students participate in a budgeting simulation. Students also research world poverty statistics and discuss the social issue. Students consider steps they can...
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Digan Queso

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work in groups with the assigned roles of either a photographer or a family member. The photographer gives commands in Spanish designating family members to follow where to stand for a family photo.
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Is Coming to the United States of America Good for the Immigrant?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Student discuss whether coming to the United States was good for certain groups of immigrants. Using the internet, they examine settlement patterns for immigrants over a period of time. In groups, they role play the role of a family...
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Just Like The Old Days

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students listen to their teacher read them a story about families. Individually, they make a family chart which shows everyone in their family. They read a letter about a family in Mongolia and compare it with their own. Using the...
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Our Cultural Classroom

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are introduced to the cultural diversity within their own classroom and relate this diversity to community, country and world. They create a visual family culture poster containing different aspects of their personal culture.
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Africa/United States-How do we compare materially?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss the material possessions of an African or American family. They examine how the material possessions of a family and the uses of their possessions are affected by their place of living.
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A New Saint Nicholas

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and discuss, "Nicholas II and Family Canonized for 'Passion,'" researching the place of Nicholas II and his family in Russian history and in the Bolshevik revolution.
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Coping With Divorce

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read about what causes stress for students when their parents divorce, how students of different ages respond differently to divorce, and strategies that can help all family members cope.
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Ethics and Philanthropy The Act of Sharing and Giving

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students define ethics, and identify ways that they have practiced philanthropy in their own family. They listen to a book, write an essay, and identify a role model for philanthropy.
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Problem Solving Lesson Plan 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study a number of work and family management roles and techniques.
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What is Culture?

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students discuss "culture." In groups, they discuss and share things about their culture, recording everything they discuss on butcher paper to be hung around the room. They choose a way to share something about their own family...
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Underground Lives

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze two Robert Harris prints for clues regarding subject's social, family, and belief systems, evaluate reasons and methods for preserving ancient stories, create visual representations of past and future of Harris' subject,...
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Royal Role Models

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore the Royal Family. Through reading news stories and research, studenets discover the function of the British monarchy. They discuss how the Royal Family should be expected to behave as role models.
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Budgeting

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders construct a budget for a family of four including a column for income and no less than ten columns for expenses, all of which will be expressed and totaled in dollar amounts. They are also requested to write a scenario in...
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Moving Day

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students cognitively connect what would be important to a family that was enduring the Depression. They illustrate what would have been present in someone's home during the late 1920's and early 1930's. Students provide rationale for...
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Families

For Teachers K
Students draw a picture of their families and discuss how each is different. In this families lesson plan, students discuss how each family is uniquely different and special in their own way.
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Doing Their Duty, or Just Horsing Around?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars consider the role of the British monarchy. In this Royal Family lesson, students access selected Web sites that require them consider what they know about royalty and whether or not they agree with the perks royalty enjoy.
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Where the Red Fern Grows: A 4th Grade Literary Focus Unit

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the human and animal connection along with the idea that death is a part of the life cycle. They read "Where the Red Fern Grows." Students examine the feelings and emotions surrounding death and they discover the...
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Fact Families

For Teachers 1st
For this mathematics worksheet, 1st graders create a fact family that uses specific numbers given. Then they draw eight circles, add five more, and write the fact out in a problem.

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