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Frank Sadorus Collection: Photographic Family Tree Activity
Students collect and place photographs of their parents, grandparents, etc., in a family tree-like chart or positioned by generation. They find out more about the occupations and lives of their ancestors.
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Family Trees
Learners 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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English Exercises: The Family
In this family vocabulary worksheet, students 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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My Family
In this family tree activity, 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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Developing a Relationship with Senior Citizens
Students examine how to value their elders and the senior citizens in society. They show empathy through literature to people who are generation or more older than themselves. They also study the importance of genealogy.
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Elementary Spanish: Family
Students explore the Spanish words for family members. They identify family members in Spanish and say the words for where people live. Students explore how say where people are from and they describe a family member in a poem.
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Diversity of Families
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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Cemetery Restoration Project
Who is buried in this tomb? Trek to a local cemetery, take pictures of markers, explore records, and conduct interviews to bring to life the stories behind the stones. Use Olympus and Tool Factory to coordinate and gather information...
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Thanksgiving Handprint Tree
Young scholars work cooperatively to create a classroom thanksgiving tree in this November art lesson plan for the elementary classsroom. Included with the lesson plan is a short resource list of books that contain more Thanksgiving...
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Yellow Bird and Me
Upper elementary artists create works which demonstrate an understanding of the many elements of theater and the visual arts. This four-day plan combines many wonderful aspects of visual, musical, and theatrical arts into one very...
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Top 10 Summer Science Lesson Plans
Make this summer an exciting learning experience for your students with these engaging science activities!
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Earth Day
Students complete a variety of Earth Day activities. In this recycling and the environment lesson plan, students listen to Earth friendly music, create a car out of juice boxes, use soda cans and bottle caps to create a Halloween...