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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Teaching Reading 3 5: Fostering Book Discussions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This video lesson is part of a year-long unit on immigration. It begins with an introduction to My Name Is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada; the students begin to discuss books they have read about immigrants and how that relates to their...
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Primary
Other

Harper Collins: Interview With Sharon Creech

For Students 3rd - 8th
Sharon Creech talks about "Granny Torrelli Makes Soup" and "Heartbeat" in this interview about writing and being a grandparent.
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Website
Other

Lopez Books: Joseph Bruchac Essay

For Students 9th - 10th
Joseph Bruchac gives a detailed description of his life and also discusses his involvement as a writer of Native American literature. Bruchac discusses his time as a volunteer teacher in West Africa, his memories of growing up with his...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Memory Preservation One Relative at a Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
After organizing and conducting an interview of a grandparent/senior citizen, students create a slideshow presentation using the information and memorabilia collected at the interview.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Can You Curl Your Tongue?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson is adapted from a Connected Mathematics Unit, How Likely is It? This investigation introduces biology as a source of applications for probability. In this lesson, Curling your Tongue, students determine how many students in...
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Article
Georgetown University

Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive "Jesuit Slaves in the Family"

For Students 9th - 10th
Patricia Bayonne-Johnson's account of her discovery that the Jesuits of the Maryland Province owned her great-great-grandparents Nace and Biby Butler and sold them to Louisiana.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Sheep Farm: Numbers in Words & Numerals: Thousands

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Visit Becca at her grandparents' sheep farm. There are thousands of sheep grazing around! Help Becca learn all about 4- and 5-digit numbers here.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Creating a Family History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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.
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Letter to Grandmother [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"Letter to Grandmother" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a family of early settlers who moved west. A girl writes a letter to her grandmother telling her about their new life on the plains. It is followed by...
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Summer [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"Summer" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a mother and her two children traveling from the city to the country to visit her parents for the summer. They discuss the modern conveniences they have now like cell phones and...
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Crafts for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Choose from dozens of simple crafts including activities for the holidays, animal crafts and much more.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "When I Was a Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

For Students 6th - 8th
Selected (7) reading passages (grades 6-8) to pair with the nonfiction book "When I Was a Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago. Esmeralda Santiago, also known as Negi, describes her childhood growing up in Puerto Rico and her eventual...
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Article
Other

Love to Know: Types of Family Structures

For Students 9th - 10th
Family structure has changed dramatically over the last 50 years. Read about six specific types of family structures identified by society today.
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Activity
Alabama Department of Archives and History

Alabama Dept of Archives and History: Make Your Family Tree [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
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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eBook
Other

Indo Link: Stories From Indian Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
Choose from a list of illustrated Indian mythology stories, some provided by the Association of Grandparents of Indian Immigrants.
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Website
Other

Noah Webster House: Kid's Corner: Colonial Fun

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Noah Webster House provides the story of Noah Webster and what he does for amusement. Link to games his parents and grandparents used to play.
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Website
Employment Spot

Employment Spot: Senior Employment

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Senior Employment opportunities using the Employment Spot career resources.
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Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: My Antonia

For Students 9th - 10th
This story about an immigrant girl growing up in the American West is analysed in detail in this informative site. Read about the characters and themes and find out about important quotations in the novel.
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Website
ArtLex

Art Lex: Mexican Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A page of examples of Mexican art is provided at this website. Click the link to each title of the work to view it and information on it.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Loc: Personal Stories and Primary Sources: Conversations With Elders

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students research a topic about their grandparent or elder. They then present what they learned to the class. This lesson provides topics to cover when presenting the information to the class.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Harper Collins: Interview With Sharon Creech

For Students 3rd - 8th
Sharon Creech talks about "Granny Torrelli Makes Soup" and "Heartbeat" in this interview about writing and being a grandparent.
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Graphic
Other

Philip Mc Rae: From Distraction to Addiction?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To better understand the scope of physical, mental and social consequences of digital technologies in areas such as exercise, homework, identity formation, distraction, cognition, learning, technology compulsions, nutrition and sleep...
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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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