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How to Celebrate Kwanzaa on Your Campus

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
An article details everything you need to know about celebrating Kwanzaa at your school. An opening-day ceremony starts the seven-day holiday celebration followed a daily routine that includes a greeting, candle lighting, reciting an...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: Family Traditions Bingo: Pre K and K

For Students Pre-K - K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week, we are learning about how sharing our family traditions helps us to respect and contribute to the diversity...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Summer Camp: Fill Each Day With Possibilities! Making Family Traditions Packet: Pre K and K

For Students Pre-K - K
Use these family traditions-themed activity sheets to allow children to choose their own learning adventures.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: My Family Traditions a Class Book and a Potluck Lunch

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Contains plans for eleven lessons that teach about family traditions and diversity using the book "Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia" by Carmen Lomas Garza. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Lesson Plan: Celebrating Family Traditions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson helps students explore the traditions that their families have. Students discuss that there are many types of families, complete questionnaires about their families' traditions with a parent or guardian, and create a family...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Family Cultural Traditions

For Teachers 2nd
In this instructional activity, 2nd graders will identify family traditions.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Traditions at Home and Around the World

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Each student will research his/her own family traditions and report findings to the class using presentation software. In partner groups, students will select a country to research. Their research will focus on traditions of a chosen...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Lesson Plan: Patricia Polacco's Family Stories

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson that helps students understand that families have both differences and similarities and reinforces the concept that family traditions are part of a student's heritage. Students discuss stories by Patricia Polacco and make...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Lesson Plan: Crayon Box: Family Diversity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson that helps reinforce the idea that families are diverse and have many different types of traditions. Young scholars discuss The Crayon Box That Talked by Shane DeRolf, talk about their family traditions, and draw and write about...
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Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation: Family Histories

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the stories of six Americans with different backgrounds who wanted to know more about their ancestors' journeys to America and used immigration and genealogy records to complete their family histories.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: My Family and Me Bingo: Pre K and K

For Students Pre-K - K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week, celebrate what makes you and your family special!
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Trinity University

Cultural Trends, Social Movements & Institutions Affecting Family

For Students 9th - 10th
While this site doesn't list the functions of the family, it does give background material that helps explain how the family functions exist within society. Looks at the way that society changes families.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Traditions in Our Family

For Teachers 1st
This lesson gives the students an opportunity to see that every family has traditions they participate in throughout the year.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Lesson Plans: We Are Family, Grades K 1

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A collection of activities that help students learn about their families. Includes links to reproducibles that are used with some of the activities.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Veterans

For Students Pre-K - K
In every adventure, some things change, but others stay the same. Use this page as a way to talk about the things that are the same, things that are different, and things that you'd like to keep the same, perhaps family traditions or...
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Australia Media Family Network : Halloween Around the World

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out how Halloween is celebrated in many countries around the world. Are there other traditions or names given to this day, are costumes always worn, are different games and tricks played? Have fun finding out ..!
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Let's Party!

For Teachers 1st
Learn about family traditions and customs of celebrations at home and around the world.
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Other

Definition of "Family" in Zoning Law and Building Codes

For Students 9th - 10th
Site offers guidelines to writing a definition of Family for the purposes of zoning laws. Gives constitutionally permissible standards.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Explore Wedding Traditions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A lesson plan that gives young children the opportunity to learn about weddings and to experience different wedding traditions. Includes ideas for making props and role-playing wedding ceremonies and celebrations.
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Peabody Essex Museum

Peabody Essex Museum: A Late Qing Dynasty Home

For Students 9th - 10th
A multimedia-rich exhibition that explores the traditional Chinese home of the Huang family. With excellent photographs and cross-sections of the structure of the home and its surroundings. Includes a fascinating genealogy of the family...
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NWT Literacy Council

Nwt Literacy Council: How to Kit: Culture and Traditions [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This kit explains the importance of northern First Nations families keeping their languages and cultures alive through family literacy activities. It provides ideas and materials for cultural games (e.g., string games) and activities...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Women in Africa: Tradition and Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider Women in Africa: Tradition and Change. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. Students first examine a selection of traditional African artworks that...
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Language Guide

Language Guide: La Familia

For Students 9th - 10th
A very complete graphic with audio of the traditional family. Audio files load quickly and play as you move your mouse over the top of the picture.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Storytime Stick Puppets Family Activity

For Students K - 1st
Make puppets of Molly and her family and friends from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, and use them to retell a story you watched. You can also take Molly on a new adventure by making up your own story. The activity also includes...

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