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Family Tree

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners create a family tree in this culminating activity to their family unit. In this family tree lesson, students extend their learning about the family unit by working in small groups to develop a three generation family tree. They...
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Family History

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students discover their family history. In this genealogy lesson, students participate in a discussion about family history and why it is important. Students create a family tree and present the family tree to the class. Students write a...
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Back to the Farm

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars complete a family tree.  In this farming and ranching lesson plan, students define the term genealogy, learn how to create a family tree, and fill in a family tree with the help of their parents making sure to note if...
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Paint's Family Tree

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students sort and classify the genetic traits of horses. In this heredity and genetics lesson, students read dialogue in a skit in which specific physical traits of several horses are described and a horse family tree is created....
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"Me and My Family Tree"

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore genealogy by reading a family history book in class. In this family tree lesson, students read the story Me and My Family Tree by Joan Sweeney and discuss their own family history. Students identify what the term...
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My Family Tree - Worksheet

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Here is a family tree worksheet with space for writing: Me, Sister, Brother, Mother, Father, Aunt, Uncle, Mother's Mother, Father's Mother, Mother's Father, Father's Father. This would be useful as a homework assignment designed to...
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What is Culture?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the concept of culture. They discuss the Washoe culture, create a word web, develop a family tree of their own family for a class book, and complete a writing assignment.
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Immigration Explorations, Part 2

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students conduct secondary source research using the internet and library resources to learn more about the backgrounds of their family's cultural and ethnic heritages. Students can work together in research groups that have common...
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Whose Life Is It?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider the implications of cloning. In this science and ethics lesson plan, students consider when cases of cloning are ethical and when they are not as they discuss scenarios and their discussion questions.
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Immigration and Oral History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine immigration. In this oral and social histories lesson plan, students analyze primary sources to research immigration history in their community. In this year-long research project, students participate in visual and...
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World War II Holocaust Introduction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of identity by categorizing themselves based on physical characteristics.  In this Holocaust lesson, students discuss the differences between their classmates and separate each other based on petty...
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Our Family, Our Culture

For Teachers 2nd - Higher Ed
Students understand that different cultures express themselves through music, dance, stories, and clothing. The class is divided into groups to research a country. They will gain a better understanding of how practices of groups are...
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Spirituals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review factors that contributed to the development of the spiritual, which reflects the influence of African religious and Christian traditions, and slavery. Students collect spirituals/songs of their heritage from family...
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 6: Quilt Story

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students recognize that quilts are created by geometric components. They examine how quilts are an artistic art form that show the cultural heritage of the people who make them.
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Hajigul's Story: A Creative Drama

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students listen to stories about and research the life of an Uighur child from China. They investigate their own cultural heritage and design a mural.
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Picture This

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students examine their life experiences as well as their classmates when they share their heritage or an important event from their past through writing as an extension of an Orientation.
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Walk and Bike Across America

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students learn how to use maps, compute mileage, and be physically active while exploring America's national parks, historical heritage, and nutritional information via key agricultural sites.
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Cashton Community Quilters

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create and construct a fabric quilt symbolizing the heritage of the Wisconsin community of Cashton. They research Wisconsin historical symbols and use math skills to calculate the number and sizes of the quilt squares. ...
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Why is the Past Important?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the importance of North Carolina's archaeological heritage. They share with the class an object, photograph, or drawing of an object that represents their own or their family's past.
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North Carolina Place Names

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine a map of North Carolina to discover the heritage left behind in the names of various places. They compare/contrast those derived from Native American culture to those derived from European settlers.
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Welcome to Paul Robeson: Speak of Me As I Am

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine Paul Robeson's contribution to American political and artistic heritage. They also study about McCarthyism and social unrest in America. Finally, they compare the methods used by two civil rights leaders
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Native American Cultures

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate the Native American Heritage and explore their customs cultures. They discover characteristics of the Native Americans through the study of their art, artifacts, stories and symbols.
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Taking a Stand

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars make connections with cultures (their own and others'), their identity, heritage, traditions, and symbols and examine the richness that diversity brings to communities.
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Quebec

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders to examine the past to find out why Quebec has been so determined to protect its cultural heritage. They access primary resources on the Internet to promote their engagement with the past.

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