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Families and Neighborhoods
Students study family structure. In this family structure lesson, students read the book The Family Book and discuss families. Students create a bulletin board of family photos and draw their families on paper. Students dance and play...
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Getting to Know You
Students complete an getting to know each other activity. In this personal names lesson, students play a name game, read a book about names, and then discuss why names are important. Students design a name card on oak tag rectangles and...
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This is My Family Tree
In this family tree activity, students cut out the family member names and then use the pictures to identify the pictures of the family.
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Family Tree
For this family tree worksheet, students fill in the blanks that include the names of their parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. They complete the work in a tree shaped graphic organizer.
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Family Members-- Who Am I?
In this ESL family members vocabulary worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict different members of a family. Students read the question by each picture and select the correct name of the family member from 4 choices.
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Family
In this ESL family worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict different members of a family. Students match these to the words or phrases that describe them.
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My Family
In this family learning exercise, learners color 6 pictures that depict family members of different generations. Students are instructed to cut out the pictures.
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Word Search Puzzle: Family
For this family word search worksheet, students analyze 11 words in a word bank that are names of family members. Students find these words in a word search puzzle.
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Family Match
In this family vocabulary worksheet, students will focus on the names of people in a family. Students will analyze eight pictures and choose the correct word to coincide with each photo.
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Social Studies: Your Family Does What?
Sixth graders compare and contrast their own personal culture with that of Japan. They fill out questionnaires, compile the results, and match them with Japanese answers to the same forms. Students create a Venn diagram of the...
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Families
Young scholars examine Canadian census data from 1981 and 2001 to investigate how the family structure has changed. They investigate important aspects of family life.
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Great American Families
Fifth graders wrote essays, interviewed family members, took photos of their activities, and tape recorded narration to accompany the photos.
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Family Time Posters
Students discuss the benefits of spending time with family members. Then they make posters to share their ideas with others.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Family Responsibilities
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.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Family Works: Family Teamwork
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.