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F.L.A.S.H. Introduction

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
F.L.A.S.H stands for Family Life and Sexual Health, it's a program specifically focused on providing special needs learners with vital information regarding personal and sexual health. This is an overview of the program, complete with...
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Lesson Plan
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Reproduction, Day 2: Pregnancy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Nearly all young scholars have seen pregnant women and may have questions about human development. Intended for secondary students with mild to moderate mental disabilities, this lesson defines the process of pregnancy  in a...
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PPT
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Wartime Memories: Learner Template

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Here is a wonderful template for learners to use as a way to show what they know about WWII. Each slide is prepared with three to four photos of wartime memorabilia for your class to research and write about. There are nine slides total...
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Worksheet
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School-Home Links: Describe Your Family

For Students 1st - 2nd
Choose a familiar topic to practice writing. A prompt is given asking learners to write two complete sentences that describe their families. Pointers are written at the bottom to help writers check that they started each sentence with a...
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Lesson Plan
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Families in Bondage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine actual letters writen by slaves and write essays based on these letters describing what it might have been like for an African American family living in the South during that time period.
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Worksheet
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Values and Beliefs Book

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this values and beliefs worksheet, students create a three page booklet with personal answers to questions about life, family, heroes, special people and places and right and wrong.
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Worksheet
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Family Life: merit badge

For Students 5th - 12th
For this family life worksheet, students use their workbook to answer short answer questions about family life and relationships. Students complete 7 questions total to get their merit badge.
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Torn from Each Other's Arms

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners consider how the institution of family suffered under slavery. In this slavery lesson, students watch segments of "Slavery and the Making of America". Learners examine the structure of the Driggus family and discuss how slavery...
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A Different World?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students share their opinions in a brainstorming session on the factors that contribute to their quality of life. They read the article "Life Is Better; It Isn't Better. Which Is It?," from the NY Times and discuss the article as a...
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Classroom Guide for Coming to America

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars discuss the pre-reading focus questions. In this reading activity, students discuss and explore the book cover and title. Young scholars predict what they will learn from this book. Additionally, students read to find out...
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The New Heads of the Family?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the state of family life and parenting. In this reading skills lesson, students complete a jigsaw reading activity (the reading material is not included) regarding the state of parenting today. Students discuss the...
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What Makes a Family?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils examine the diversity of American families. In this family life lesson, students research the life of Michael Oher, whose life is the subject of the "The Blind Side". Pupils discuss their research findings and design a mural based...
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Across the Generations: Grandparents and Grandchildren

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the relationships between grandparents and their grandchildren. In this sociology lesson, students analyze and discuss grandparent-grandchild relationships in contemporary times in in recent history.
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Divorce

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students study family life. In this divorce lesson plan, students compare 2 levels of divorce and produce a set of theoretical explanations for the increase in the level of divorce in our society this century.
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Writing
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School-Home Links: Writing About Your Family

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this writing sentences worksheet, students complete several sentences using the prompt on the lined writing paper. Students will write about their families.
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Lesson Plan
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You and Your Parents

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this parent/child worksheet, students think about things their parents do that make them feel happy or sad. Students draw pictures to illustrate happy and sad times.
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Lesson Plan
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Strawberry Girl: Lesson 5

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students read the book Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski. In this literature lesson, students read chapters 8-15 and complete journal entries. They look at how life was in the 1890's.
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Treaties

For Teachers K
Students talk about making promises. In this family life lesson, students listen to the story A Promise is a Promise by Robert Munsch and talk about what a promise is. This is part of a unit on how families take care of each other.
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Website
Other

Moving History: A Guide to Uk Film & Tv Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
A research guide to the United Kingdom?s twelve public sector moving image archives.
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Website
Other

Center for Young Women's Health: Dealing With Divorce and Separation

For Students 9th - 10th
For teenagers, seeing parents separate is never an easy. It is difficult to understand why it happens or how to cope with the changes. This site provides a guide that is designed to help teens through this difficult period. Additional...
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Article
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Kids Health: Dealing With Divorce

For Students 9th - 10th
Dealing with divorce means ultimately accepting new changes that will affect almost all aspects of a child's life. Coping with these changes can be easier if the child understands how to deal with their emotions of frustration,...
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Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Within These Walls

For Students 9th - 10th
Two hundred years' worth of American history all in one house. Learn what a close examination of a single-family dwelling can tell us about what life was like during five different periods of American history: the colonial era, the...
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Handout
Other

Hospice Net

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is dedicated to educating individuals how to help adolescents and children cope with difficult situations involving feelings of depression. These articles offer good advice for helping children in need.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides details about the contributions of Bronson Alcott to transcendental thought and explains his role in Fruitlands and Brook Farm. Explains his innovative educational theories and provides details about his family life.