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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Family and Friendship in Quilts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Quilts, in addition to being a great thing to have to cuddle up on the couch with, have historically been used to tell stories and bring friends and families together. This lesson plan leads students through a series of activities on...
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A to Z Teacher Stuff

A to Z Teacher Stuff: Family History (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this A to Z Teacher Stuff lesson, students research information about their family history, record it, and then present it orally to the class.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Creating Family Timelines Graphing Family Memories

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Contains plans for five 50-minute lessons that ask students to create time lines of their own family and life histories. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Our Story: Life in a Sod House

For Students 3rd - 8th
Imagine moving into a house made out of sod that you and your family had to build in the middle of a prairie! Find great information and activities that will help you understand how it felt to live on the prairie.
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BBC

Bbc: Hands on History: The Normans: Medieval Feasting [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 6th
Bring the past to life through hands-on activities for families and schools. Travel back in time and discover what life was like in Norman times. Compare the food we eat today with food from Norman times and discover the importance of...
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Read Works

Read Works: Lost on Ellis Island

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Emily who learned more about her grandfather while her family was visiting Ellis Island. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Old Business, New Business

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this lesson students are introduced to several businesses from the past. They see that, while the names for these businesses are different, many of the elements of that job are seen in occupations today. The web site, "Business...
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Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: Olympic Sports: The Joyner Family

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery subject, the Joyner...
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Other

Ancestry: Last Name Meanings and Origins

For Students 1st - 9th
Discover the meaning and history behind any last name.
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Read Works

Read Works: Immigration Ellis Island: The Hunt for Alois Hanousek

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An autobiographical account of a family looking for information about their great-grandfather. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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BBC

Bbc: Primary History: Roman Families and Children

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learning module designed for primary students learning about Roman family life. Students can navigate through a variety of activities, photos, and videos, timelines to learn about the life of Roman children and their families.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: You Be the Historian

For Students 3rd - 5th
Exercise involves learners in figuring out what life was like two hundred years ago for the colonial American Springer family by examining objects and documents they left behind.
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Other

Utah State Historical Society: Utah History to Go: Jack Dempsey

For Students 3rd - 8th
A synopsis of Jack Dempsey's early family life and how he began his career as a heavyweight boxer.
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Tennessee History For Kids

Tennessee History for Kids: Leaving the Farm

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website provides information about Tennesseans leaving the family farm after the Civil War to work in city factories.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Like Father, Like Son: Presidential Families

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In U.S. history, two families have had a father and a son hold the office of President. Students can use research skills to look into the office of the President and the two families that have followed the old adage - "Like father, like...
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Ancient Roman Families

For Students 2nd - 7th
History written for elementary students to learn about families of ancient Rome and how they were structured. Students can get a sense of the relationship between family members, including slaves and elders.
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Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: Ancient China

For Students 3rd - 8th
This large site is a personal site from teachers Don and Lin Donn that contains information on life during the Shang & Chou Dynasties. It is divided into sections about: family, ancestor worship, oracle bones, kings and nobles,...
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission

Explore Pa History: Ethel Barrymore

For Students 3rd - 8th
Examine the historical contributions of Pennsylvania native and member of the Royal Family of American stage, Ethel Barrymore.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Medici Family of the Renaissance

For Students 1st - 9th
History Questions: Medici Family Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Renaissance for Kids: Medici Family

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Medici Family of the Renaissance. They were leaders of the city of Florence and supporters of the arts and humanism.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: History: Ancient China for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Ancient China in history. The culture, art, empire, government, and family dynasties.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An eleven-part learning module with links to websites, an image, and a video about using questioning skills to research and write about one's family history.
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Read Works

Read Works: Eyewitness to History: Children of War

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares an interview of a World War II-era native German whose family fled Berlin. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Out of the Dust: Visions of Dust Bowl History

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Primary sources, in addition to Karen Hesse's award-winning historical fiction "Out of the Dust", guide students as they explore the the Dust Bowl and its effect on school life, community, family, and agriculture.

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