ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Family Memoir: Getting Acquainted With Generations Before Us
This very detailed lesson plan includes readings, discussion questions, handouts, interactives and a rubric, all aimed at helping students construct a themed memoir while documenting the artistic process they used to create it.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Woman Who Helped Anne Frank Dies at 100 by Teri Schultz, Npr
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
PBS
Pbs: Frontline: The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson
This site contains links to many interviews with Jesse Jackson. There are also links to a list of important events in his life, links to his religious views, and his social impact.
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: The Art of Romare Bearden
Newshour with Jim Lehrer, a nightly news broadcast on PBS, offers a wealth of material on Romare Bearden. Content includes the NewsHour report, a gallery of his artwork, extended interviews with the artist, and a companion lesson plan.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Colonial House
Companion website for Colonial House, a televised experiment in historical reenactment, provides information and insight about what daily life, in 1628, must have been like for English settlers in early America. With video clips from the...
University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif Me Voici
Discussing families, pastimes, nationalities - telling time all presented with extensive vocabulary lists and utilized in context through audio, video and interview clips - excellent for listening comprehension and cultural exposure. Has...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Women in the White House
In this lesson plan, students will consider Women in the White House. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. In this lesson, students explore the role and impact of recent First Ladies through...
Read Works
Read Works: Child's Play
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text and interview with a girl named Kylie Copenhagen who invented a board game. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Pdn and Kodak Professional: Migrations: Humanity in Transition
Displays images by photojournalist, Sebastian Salgado, on immigrants in motion "seeking survival and a better life - one individual at a time, one family at a time, from field to town to city, and across national boundaries"....
Volunteer Voices
Volunteer Voices: My Heritage Notebook [Pdf]
In this lesson, students will recognize the importance of the family in community situations through personal interviews, creating a personal history with pictures and text.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: What Kind of Screen Time Parent Are You? Take This Quiz and Find Out
An article and a quiz for parents on technology use by parents and kids. Includes a short interview with author Anya Kamenetz who wrote "The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life." [5 min.]
Scholastic
Scholastic: Book Files: Holes
"Holes" by Louis Sachar, is a Newbery winner. Trouble seems to follow Stanley Yelnats and his family. Can Stanley "fulfill" the void/hole that exist? Make the smart choice by enjoying the novel with a BookFiles reading guide. The file...
Other
Vic Firth: Educator's Resource Library
This website is a cornucopia of resources for percussion instruction. There are videos, audiocasts, podcasts, interviews with talented percussionists. Please check out this website is you are interested in any aspect of percussion.
Other
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum: Herbert Hoover: Gram's Trunk
A lesson in how to conduct historical research using family photos and doing interviews, and newspaper stories from the past. The second part of the lesson is a photo analysis exercise using a photo of children and a cow.
EL Education
El Education: Camilla E. Church
This character file was created by a 5th/6th grade student in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, as part of a Learning expedition on architecture. Though only one is shown here, each student's character file (CF) tells the detailed life story,...
The Book Report
Kids reads.com: Lois Lowry
Read about Lois Lowry in her own words. She talks about her work and her family.
Curated OER
History Matters: Joe Rudiak Remembers the 1919 Strike
Read an interview with a former steelworker, who recalls the Great Steel Strike of 1919 when he was a young boy. Find out the ramifications for his family because his father was a union man who supported the strike. An audio of the...
Curated OER
History Matters: The Great Depression in Iowa
From a book, The Great Depression, by David Shannon, you can read an interview administered by the Works Progress Administration detailing the struggle of an Iowa family through the trying times of the Great Depression.
Other
Gene Autry Entertainment: Gene Autry: America's Favorite Singing Cowboy
Deemed the official website of Gene Autry, this site provides a century of information including movie and TV clips, recordings, radio interviews, a timeline of personal appearances, family information, and the beloved Cowboy Code.
Other
Sabelallende: Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende's biography can be found on this site. The site also contains a timeline, family album, press photos, interviews and her speeches. You can also read an excerpt and summary of her books.
Read Works
Read Works: Eyewitness to History: Children of War
[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...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Unfortunate Fortunato
You are a local police detective, your task is to investigate the disappearance of Fortunato. Retrace his steps leading up to his disappearance. Remember to interview anyone that may have seen him that night. After gathering all of your...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Exploring Careers in Your Community
Learners learn about careers that are available in their community by interviewing family members, friends, or other trusted adults to learn about the work they do. Includes teaching guide and student worksheets.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: What Is Affluenza? (Lesson in Materialism and Overconsumption)
A lesson plan developed for in-class screenings of the PBS documentary "Affluenza," but which could easily be adapted to support any lesson plan on understanding personal consumption choices. Students will compare and contrast the...