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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Lets Net: Ellis Island Unit

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Ellis Island Unit focuses on immigration, ethnicity, and cultural backgrounds. It will provide students opportunity to explore their individual heritage through primary and secondary research techniques and share the results of their...
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: What's in a Name?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this Curriculum Unit, students will consider "What's In A Name?" in 4 Lessons. The unit also includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Nordic Sagas: Iceland Genes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explain how the isolated and homegeneous population of Iceland makes research in family ancestry simpler than in other cultures. Investigate the work of genealogists, and trace your own heritage as far as you can without extensive research.
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Website
Literacy Head

Literacyhead: Images to Give Writers Ideas: Feedback

For Students 9th - 10th
These images promise to give your students writing ideas. Use these to spark ideas for discussions, writing, and thinking.
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Curated OER

Rice University: The Medici Family

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides this family history of the Medici Family. Includes images and brief biographies of the following people: Cosimo I, Ferdinand I.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Rice University: The Medici Family

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides this family history of the Medici Family. Includes images and brief biographies of the following people: Cosimo I, Ferdinand I.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Rice University: The Medici Family

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides this family history of the Medici Family. Includes images and brief biographies of the following people: Cosimo I, Ferdinand I.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Carver, Jonathan 1781, New Map of North America

For Students 9th - 10th
"The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented. The collection categories...
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Curated OER

Mildred D. Taylor

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the writer of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" and her early life -- how she heard family stories as a child, and how she developed the character Paul Edward for "The Land." There is an extensive bibliography of her works and...
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Activity
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Draw and Write About Your Family

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Draw a picture of your family and write about them. Must be a subscriber to get full acess to site.
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Activity
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Family Collage Craft

For Students K - 1st
Children can make a great family collage by cutting out pictures of family members and gluing them to poster board. Older kids can write descriptions to accompany their collage.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: My Family and Me

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Instructions for making a book about family with a young child.

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