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The Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation: Genealogy Learning Center
How did your family come to America? When did they arrive? Chances are, they came into America by boat through Ellis Island. Check here for suggestions to get your family history research going.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Family Stories
A learning module on family stories and what they reveal about the past. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students explore stories...
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Genealogy Today
A great resource for families who are tracing their family tree. Get started by reading tips on organizing and connecting with fellow family tree searchers.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: African American Lives: Who Am I? A Genealogy Guide
Tracing African American history may be difficult, but the work of historian Henry Louis Gates proves that it isn't impossible. With this resource, learn how to plan a project on your family history.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 1: Unit 7: La Familia
In this seventh unit of an introductory Spanish course, students learn how to talk about their families, compare Latino family values to their own, discuss the Spanish royal family, create a family tree, recite a rhyme, and learn about...
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Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation: Family Histories
Follow the stories of six Americans with different backgrounds who wanted to know more about their ancestors' journeys to America and used immigration and genealogy records to complete their family histories.
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Scotland.com
Basic facts and travel information about Scotland. Information is available about business, community, travel, culture, news, sports, and shopping.
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Creating a Family History
What do you know about creating a family history? This site offers a complete lesson plan for developing a sense of how your own family history fits into the bigger picture of the world's history.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: My Family Health Portrait
Students create a personalized family health history report. The resource consists of a sample report, a family tree, and a chart of your family health history.
Read Works
Read Works: A Distant Relative
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a humanoid skull discovered in 2001. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Lost on Ellis Island
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Emily who learned more about her grandfather while her family was visiting Ellis Island. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Crafts for Kids
Choose from dozens of simple crafts including activities for the holidays, animal crafts and much more.
Volunteer Voices
Volunteer Voices: My Heritage Notebook [Pdf]
In this instructional activity, students will recognize the importance of the family in community situations through personal interviews, creating a personal history with pictures and text.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Out of the Night That Covers Me
Through the novel Out of the Night That Covers Me, students will explore the impact of racial segregation, family heritage, and the historical significance of pre-civil rights Alabama. This unit of study is recommended for students in...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Where I Come From
This lesson plan directs children to learn about their family histories by visiting sites that connect them to the homelands of their ancestors.
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Scotland.com: Scottish Cultural Interests
Site offers information about Scottish culture and education. Provides information on Scottish history, newspapers, languages in Scotland, Scottish festivals, and more.
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Alabama Dept of Archives and History: Make Your Family Tree [Pdf]
A good way to help keep up with grand parents, great grandparents, and great-great grandparents is to draw a family tree. Here are some tips on how to make one.
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Family Tree Kids: Making Family History Fun
Family Tree Kids is an online magazine fro making family history fun. Learn how to make picture magnets. Stick notes to your locker with old family photographs, or build a pictorial family tree on your refrigerator. Use the link to...
Curated OER
Baylor College of Medicine: Family Tree Genetics
Simple family tree showing how traits are passed through the family tree.