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Ms. Yorks Class

Back to School Night Sign-In Sheet

For Teachers K - 6th
Remember whose parents came to Back-to-School Night with a pre-made sign-in sheet that requires attendees to write their name, phone number, email address, and more. 
Article
Curated OER

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...
Professional Doc
American Psychological Association

Teaching Is Fundamental

For Teachers K - 12th
It's important for teachers to have a strong support system—especially in the first few years of their career. Help teachers' partners, spouses, and friends understand the most compassionate ways to provide emotional support with a...
Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Family Stories

For Teachers 1st
A learning module on family stories and what they reveal about the past. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students explore stories...
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PBS

Pbs: Make a Family Tree

For Students Pre-K - 1st
At this site, families can work together to create a unique family tree. Its special design allows you not only to record names of your family members but also to describe their likes and dislikes, how they used their leisure time, where...
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PBS

Pbs: Make a Family Tree

For Students Pre-K - 1st
At this site, families can work together to create a unique family tree. Its special design allows you not only to record names of your family members but also to describe their likes and dislikes, how they used their leisure time, where...
Activity
PBS

Pbs: Build a Family Album (Scrapbook)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Ideas for creating memorable family albums using the talents of all family members. Downloadable scrapbook basics as well as twenty different album templates to help you get started.
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PBS

Pbs: Build a Family Album (Scrapbook)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Ideas for creating memorable family albums using the talents of all family members. Downloadable scrapbook basics as well as twenty different album templates to help you get started.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: 1st Grade Act. 14: Who's in Your Family

For Teachers 1st
This lesson engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to Carol A. Johnson's book, Who's in Your Family. Students will create a classroom graph with the titles of their family members afterward.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring and Sharing Family Stories

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Writing gets personal when students interview family members in order to write a personal narrative about that person.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Family Works: Family Teamwork

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a good take-home project for students of all ages. By talking with their families about the roles of individual members, students learn how a family's stability relies on teamwork and cooperation.
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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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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.
Unit Plan
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Family (La Familia) Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on family vocabulary. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce the material presented. Audio is...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Family Responsibilities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson that helps students understand that people share responsibilities. Students discuss the jobs families have to do around the house and identify who in the family does each job.
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Other

Love to Know: Types of Family Structures

For Students 9th - 10th
Family structure has changed dramatically over the last 50 years. Read about six specific types of family structures identified by society today.
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Other

Raising Children Network: Family Rules

For Students K - 1st
Tips for developing family rules. Household rules let everyone in the family know how to behave. They help family members achieve a balance between getting what they want and respecting the needs of others. They can also help children...
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hidden Children: Quest for Family

For Students 9th - 10th
After the end of World War II, Jewish survivors tried, with the help of Jewish organizations, to find the children they had left hidden in the care of others, or to find other family members. Many children had no memory of their...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Modern Boom Family

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wide Angle video explores the effects of economic prosperity and secularization on family structure and beliefs in Ireland.
Unit Plan
The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Marriage and Family in Shakespeare's England

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning modules explores the concepts of marriage and family in Shakespeare's England, 16th-18th Centuries. Students examine Shakespeare's work and the work of others and gain a sense of familial roles, obligations and how family was...
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123 Teach Me

123 Teach Me: Spanish Family

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish questions about family are included in this exercise. Students will learn Spanish words for family members. While using Spanish, students will also learn how to answer questions about their families.
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123 Teach Me

123 Teach Me: Spanish Family Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow contains photos of family members with questions and sentences about them. Question in written in Spanish and an English translation is included.
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University of Maryland

Odcr: Sterling Family Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
Relive daily and family life during the Civil War by way of letters that document the lives of three family members during the Civil War. The original letters were digitalized for lasting protection. An authentic view back into history.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: New Roles for White Women

For Students 5th - 8th
A look at the changes in the role of white, middle-class women as a result of the Second Great Awakening, among other social forces.