CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "When I Was a Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Selected (7) reading passages (grades 6-8) to pair with the nonfiction book "When I Was a Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago. Esmeralda Santiago, also known as Negi, describes her childhood growing up in Puerto Rico and her eventual...
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Love to Know: Types of Family Structures
Family structure has changed dramatically over the last 50 years. Read about six specific types of family structures identified by society today.
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Alabama Dept of Archives and History: Make Your Family Tree [Pdf]
A good way to help keep up with grand parents, great grandparents, and great-great grandparents is to draw a family tree. Here are some tips on how to make one.
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Indo Link: Stories From Indian Mythology
Choose from a list of illustrated Indian mythology stories, some provided by the Association of Grandparents of Indian Immigrants.
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Noah Webster House: Kid's Corner: Colonial Fun
This site from the Noah Webster House provides the story of Noah Webster and what he does for amusement. Link to games his parents and grandparents used to play.
Employment Spot
Employment Spot: Senior Employment
Explore Senior Employment opportunities using the Employment Spot career resources.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: My Antonia
This story about an immigrant girl growing up in the American West is analysed in detail in this informative site. Read about the characters and themes and find out about important quotations in the novel.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Mexican Art
A page of examples of Mexican art is provided at this website. Click the link to each title of the work to view it and information on it.
Curated OER
Loc: Personal Stories and Primary Sources: Conversations With Elders
In this activity, students research a topic about their grandparent or elder. They then present what they learned to the class. This lesson provides topics to cover when presenting the information to the class.
Curated OER
Harper Collins: Interview With Sharon Creech
Sharon Creech talks about "Granny Torrelli Makes Soup" and "Heartbeat" in this interview about writing and being a grandparent.
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Philip Mc Rae: From Distraction to Addiction?
To better understand the scope of physical, mental and social consequences of digital technologies in areas such as exercise, homework, identity formation, distraction, cognition, learning, technology compulsions, nutrition and sleep...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Family Collage Craft
Children can make a great family collage by cutting out pictures of family members and gluing them to poster board. Older kids can write descriptions to accompany their collage.
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