Introducing Our Families
PreK–K | Families and Social Structures | Social Studies Through Literature
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Oral History: A Writing Workshop Teacher's Guide
Grades 3–5 | Grammar and Punctuation | Listening and Speaking | Research Skills | Writing Process
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Discovering Your HeritageGrades 3–5 | Lesson Plans | Listening Comprehension | Research Skills | Autobiographical Writing Exhibits a lesson plan where class members are asked to interview their families about their cultural heritage, create a family tree, and... Save To Organizer |
Oral History: A Writing WorkshopGrades 3–5 | Oral Language Development | Writing Activities | Listening Comprehension | Research Skills Who would you like to learn more about? This step-by-step workshop guides students writing an oral history on a person of interest. Save To Organizer |
Embracing Our DiversityGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Countries, Continents and Regions | Culture and Diversity | Teacher Tips and Strategies Ms. Newingham's 3rd grade class studies and celebrates ancestry, completing research reports and staging an "International Festival." Save To Organizer |
Immigrants: Our AncestorsGrades 3–5 | Guided Reading | Writing Activities | Listening Comprehension | Unit Plans Prompt students to learn about their cultural heritage through interviews with family members. Students present charts, maps, based on... Save To Organizer |
Exploring Family HeritagePreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Collections This collection contains articles and lessons on family heritage exploration and understanding. Save To Organizer |
Celebrate Your HeritageGrades 3–5 | Content Area Reading | Independent Reading | Reading Comprehension | Writing Activities Students interview relatives about their heritage, make a family tree, and map their ancestors' migration in this lesson unit on America's... Save To Organizer |
Immigration: Everything You NeedPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 Students learn about the effects of immigration on American history and culture with a variety of resources for each grade level. Save To Organizer |
Home Story QuiltsBook Lists | Arts and Creativity | Culture and Diversity Here is a story about a quilt. It is a special quilt because it tells a story about home. The author is Carolyn Elwood, a teacher who works... Save To Organizer |
We Are FamilyPreK–K | Activities and Games | Listening and Speaking | Unit Plans | Acceptance Let your students share stories about their own unique families with an underlying theme of all families, whether traditional or not, as... Save To Organizer |
We Are Family, Grades K–1PreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Reading | Book Resources | Lesson Plans Activities, reproducibles, and tips for teaching kids K-1 about families. Includes "Button Broods, "Families on Display," a discussion of... Save To Organizer |
We Are Family, Grades 2–3Grades 3–5 | Grades 1–2 | Charts and Graphs | Crafts | Families and Social Structures A cross-curricular theme unit celebrating family. Activities include making a family tree, discussing animal families, taking snapshots,... Save To Organizer |
We Are Family, Grades 4–8Grades 6–8 | Grades 3–5 | Reading | Book Resources | Lesson Plans Presents a family studies unit developed to encourage students in grades 4-8 to explore different ethnic groups and types of families Save To Organizer |
Help Students Discover their Family HeritageGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | American History | Character and Values | Civics and Government One class researches its family. Save To Organizer |
Internet Field Trip: Families: The Roots of HistoryPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | African and African American | Educational Technology Provides Web sites with information on genealogy and family history. A research guide, oral history questions, and example memoirs are... Save To Organizer |
Tracing Our Own Family PilgrimagesPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Culture and Diversity | Families and Social Structures | Geography and Map Skills Students track their ancestors' voyages to America in this Thanksgiving lesson plan focused on diverse cultural heritages. Save To Organizer |
We Are History: Family StoriesGrades 3–5 | Activities and Games | Listening Comprehension | Public Speaking | Unit Plans Break the ice and let your new students get to know their classmates through oral storytelling of their family histories. Save To Organizer |
The Mystery of History: Original SourcesGrades 3–5 | Content Area Reading | Computer Lab Activities | Compare and Contrast | Lesson Plans Presents a lesson identifying the methods through which historians gather facts and verify their accuracy with a special slant on stories... Save To Organizer |
What is Your Story?Grades 3–5 | Writing Activities | Book Resources | Lesson Plans | Listening Comprehension Illustrates a lesson plan that entails students interviewing parents or guardians about their family stories, and writing a biographical... Save To Organizer |
Listen To Me!Grades 3–5 | Story Elements | Lesson Plans | Public Speaking | Research Skills Students utilize the oral presentation skills they've learned by telling family stories they gathered through interviews with parents or... Save To Organizer |
Learning to InterviewGrades 1–2 | Reading | Writing Activities | Lesson Plans | Listening Comprehension Have students practice their listening and speaking skills by asking them to introduce their families and each other, with the main theme... Save To Organizer |
