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Record and Preserve Your Family Stories

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars research and create a presentation about their own culture and personal history. They interview family members to increase their awareness of family events and documents. They create a family tree at a web based resource.
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Depicting Motherhood in Family Stories

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore triptychs.  In this art history instructional activity, students define the terms "photograph" and "triptych".  Students discuss changes that occur between mothers and daughters and create an original triptych using...
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Family History

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students appreciate how families are important to the expansion and progress of a country. In this biographies lesson, students read a biography and write their biographies including photos. Students create family trees.
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Activity Suggestions for When Everybody Wore a Hat

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars complete a number of activities as part of a study of When Everybody Wore a Hat. In this book study of When Everybody Wore a Hat, students interview relatives, make a hat and paper bag puppets, and create a family tree.
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How to Make Homework Meaningful

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Enrich classroom experiences and engage young learners by assigning purposeful, student-centered homework activities.
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Global Oneness Project

The Value of Ancient Traditions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Imagine having to give up cell phones, computers, and TV? What would be lost? What gained? An examination of the Drokpa, a nomadic people who live in the grasslands of Tibet, provides class members an opportunity to consider how access...
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Oral Histories

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the theme of what it means to be American in a pluralistic society. They conduct oral histories with a family member and create a presentation of the interview. Students develop a better comprehension of...
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Worksheet
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My Family Worksheet

For Students K - 2nd
In this my family learning exercise, students draw a picture of the people in their family and write a few sentences about their family.
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Worksheet
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Family Matters 1

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this vocabulary instructional activity, students answer 12 true/false questions based on a given family tree. For example, "Tina is Phil's mum."
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Record Your Own Family Folklore

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders interview family members in order to record family history in the form of a pioneer story, and also interview a member of the faculty in class. They practice note-taking during an interview, re-reading and editing an...
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You Mean I Am Part of History?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders open the lines of communication between family members and to gain a historical understanding about family history. They research and interview their grandparents and parents and create a research paper.
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Once Upon a Time

For Teachers 10th - 11th
High school pupils research online to complete a family tree and explore their ancestry. They view a sketch of a family tree, and brainstorm questions to ask their parents about their heritage. They also diagram their own family tree. In...
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Through Their Eyes: Video Taping Oral History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the stereotypes they are faced with on a daily basis. In groups, they use this information to identify the ways stereotypes are portrayed in movies and television. They use a video camera to record oral histories of...
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It's All in the Family with Mother's & Father's Day

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students interview family members to make a family tree for a Mother's or Father's Day card. In this family tree lesson plan, students read Love You Forever and discuss love within families. Students view Genealogy Resources on the...
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Poetry Foundation

Dream in Color - High School

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Whether focusing on African American poets, Black History Month, or the poetic experience, an amazing toolkit that encourages learners to develop unique poetic voices deserves a place in your curriculum. 
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English Exercises: The Family

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this family vocabulary worksheet, students complete a 50 question online interactive exercise. Students study an illustrated family tree and identify family members. There is an audio component to this worksheet.
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Interactive
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English Exercises: Family Tree

For Students 7th
In this English exercises:  family tree instructional activity, 7th graders interactively complete the family tree with the help of 10 clues listed, using logic to determine the relationships, with immediate online feedback.
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Family Traditions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research their family traditions. They select a tradition that has meaning to them and write about the traditions. They retell the story to a partner and add details. They write a draft of their story to a partner and...
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Organizer
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My Family Tree

For Students K - 4th
In this family tree worksheet, students fill in the blanks with the names of pictures of themselves, their parents, and their paternal and maternal grandparents.
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Eyewitness to History

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore historical connections, talking with family members about landmark events they have witnessed in their lifetimes to explore how history touches our lives. They identify several landmark events of the late 20th century.
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Quilting

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the color spectrum by painting their own pictures. In this artistic expression lesson, 1st graders discuss their own families and create ways to express their culture and family history on a picture quilt....
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Origin of the Modern Summer Games

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Where did the Olympic Summer Games originate? The class takes a look at ancient origins of modern Olympic games. They research the Olympics and write a compare and contrast essay that describes how the Olympic Games have changed since...
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Newseum

Propaganda Through History: Analyzing Historical Sources

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Working in teams, pairs, or individually, scholars select one resource from a gallery of historical sources and consider which examples might be considered propaganda, the techniques used to persuade audiences, and evaluate how the...
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Family Stories

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use dance to better understand the writing process. For this interdisciplinary lesson, students use their critical thinking skills to connect dance with writing. Students use thinking maps to follow the writing process, write a...

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