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\nFamily History: Activity Pack\n

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\nYoung history detectives investigate their family history through interviews, genealogical research, and family artifacts and heirlooms. They research family members who stood up for their beliefs, examine family treasures to discover...\n
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\nCommunity Based Projects - Family Trees\n

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\nProject-Based Learning Community Projects. Engage students in meaningful projects that impact their community!\n
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\nAngel Island Immigrant Journeys\n

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\nYoung historians study the Angel Island Immigration Station with activities examining primary and secondary source materials, maps, and websites. The unit begins with individuals creating a map of Angel Island, labeling sites on the...\n
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\nFinding Our Families, Finding Ourselves\n

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\nGive scholars the opportunity to discover their past with a collection from the Museum of Tolerance that highlights the uniqueness of every family's story. Learners gain insight through interviews, family tress, heirlooms, and oral...\n
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\nFamily History: On Your Honor\n

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\nWhat is your history? Scholars work with their own families to create a unique story of the courage and bravery of their ancestors. The third and final part of the series culminates in a creation of not just a family history, but a...\n
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\nUnexpected Family History\n

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\nThe history of the northern states' involvement in the slave trade is not widely known. This resource uses the PBS documentary, Traces of the Trade, and the nonfiction book, Children of the New England Slave Trade, to examine this aspect...\n
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\nThe Roots of My Family\n

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\nRepresent family history visually by requiring your young artists to create family trees that express balance and symmetry. Pupils examine works of art, research their family histories, and put together large family tree posters.\n
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\nWe Are History: Family Stories\n

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\nStudents examine their own family heritage and share family stories with the class. They differentiate between primary and secondary sources, and bring in and write about three artifacts from their family. They conduct an interview...\n
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\nA Family History\n

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\nStudents 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 their family and events. Students...\n
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\nFamily History\n

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\nLearners discover their family history. In this genealogy instructional activity, students participate in a discussion about family history and why it is important. Learners create a family tree and present the family tree to the class....\n
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\nPassing Down Family History Through Oral Tradition: Corridos\n

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\nStudents create and perform Corridos which are oral tradition ballads. In this Passing Down Family History Through Oral Tradition instructional activity, students interview family members using a predetermined list of questions. In...\n
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\nA Heritage Study: Using Information Resources to Research Family History and Traditions\n

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\nStudents 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.\n
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\nWhere Were Your Ancestors in 1871?\n

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\nHere is a nicely designed lesson on ancestry and family history. In it, learners read an article entitled, \"Where Were Your Ancestors in 1871?\" Then, they make up a series of questions to profile their family and their community 100...\n
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\nDigital Family Stories\n

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\nStudents conduct an interview. In this family stories lesson, students pick an adult family member to interview. Students develop their questions, video tape their interview and share it with the class.\n
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\nFamily History: Those with Lofty Ideals\n

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\nWould you stand up for your beliefs, no matter the cost? Scholars investigate their own families to uncover examples of how and when someone stood up for their ideals. Using video clips, interviews, and eulogies, they come to understand...\n
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\nRole Models\n

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\nFirst graders identify heroes by researching their family history. In this personal heritage lesson, 1st graders define the term \"hero\" and the characteristics that represent it. Students research family resources and family trees in...\n
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\nFamily History\n

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\nEighth graders examine immigration patterns. For 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...\n
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\nOur Family Histories\n

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\nLearners 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....\n
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\nFamily History\n

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\nStudents create photographic family histories. In this technology skills instructional activity, students create family trees with digital photographs that they take of the family members.\n
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\nEvaluating a Needlework Sampler as Historical Evidence\n

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\nNeedlework isn't just for home decor; it can also help record family history. Academics analyze a needlework sampler to understand how they were used to record marriages and births. The activity includes a series of written questions,...\n
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\nLesson Plan on Family History and Past Generations\n

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\nSecond 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.\n
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\nDiscovering Me\n

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\nRead selections from recommended autobiographies, poetry and short stories. Interview family members to collect material useful for constructing a family tree or other types of family history.\n
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\nA Family Celebration\n

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\nIn this family history instructional activity, students interview a family member about places where they lived and then write 4 short answer questions based on the responses.\n
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\nLong Ago & Maybe Far Away\n

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\nStudents 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...\n
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