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The State of the Family Timeline

For Teachers 1st
First graders study concepts of time and chronological history. In this early childhood history lesson plan, 1st graders create and interpret a timeline listing historical events and family celebrations using one calendar year.
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Naming Traditions

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners get to know each other better and research their family and community history. After students research their own and their parents' names, they notice names in literature, history, and other studies and know more about these names.
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What is Culture?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore the concept of culture. They discuss the Washoe culture, create a word web, develop a family tree of their own family for a class book, and complete a writing assignment.
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Family: The Circle of Life

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students brainstorm family meal traditions and the meaning of "The Circle of Life" while viewing artifacts. They plan a traditional family Thanksgiving meal and write/discuss their own Thanksgiving family meal traditions. Students listen...
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Listening and Speaking

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students identify family members in English. In this language arts lesson, students use English to identify family members and draw a family tree based on auditory information.
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Del Corazon

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Young scholars examine family traditions. They develop a list of family traditions, explore an artist website, read a biography about a selected artist, write a description and critique of an art piece, and write a description of a...
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Family traditions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss family traditions. For this family tradition lesson, 2nd graders identify traditions in their family that have been passed down and bring in 3 things to share that have to do with these traditions.  They present...
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Women's History

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students research famous women in history. In this Women's History month instructional activity, students choose one historical woman to research and use biographies and websites to gather information. Students complete an included...
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Marriage and Family

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore society by researching the history of matrimony. For this marriage and family lesson, students identify the religious aspect behind marriage and the ideology associated with creating a family. Students define religious...
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Ethnic Family Life

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine the impact of the gold rush on different cultures.  In this American History lesson, 11th graders examine the reasons for ethnic diversity in the west. 
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Hawaii's Future Tied to History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate Hawaii's history to help them explain how a Reorganization Act may affect its residents. students track the region's history from statehood, to kingdom, to human settlement.
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Discovering Your Heritage

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students interview a family member about their heritage. They listen to and record part of their family's oral history. Students also create and label a family tree going back a minimum of two generations and compare and contrast...
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Familia Romana

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students compare and contrast ancient family life to present day family life.  In this Roman family life lesson plan, students discuss the roles present in their families and then learn about family life in ancient Rome.  Students...
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Social Studies: Shaking the Family Tree

For Teachers 1st
Create family trees while reading "Little House in the Big Woods." After examining Laura Ingalls Wilder's family tree, compare it to a real tree's roots and branches. Conclude with interviewing family members and decorating family...
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Cultural Discovery and Identity Project Generation Journey

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars create a genealogy book tracing their heritage many generations back. They examine their own ethnicity, attitudes, and self-awareness. They examine new American trends regarding family structure and ethnicity.
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Baseball Memories

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students act as historians by, first, reading and analyzing oral histories of professional baseball players to become familiar with baseball figures. Then, they proceed to interview family members, relatives, or neighbors who have...
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Southern Society during the Civil War: Black Society

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research and discuss the societal changes during the Civil War as it relates to various parts of southern society. In this southern society during the civil war lesson, students examine what life was like for slaves during the...
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Cult of Domesticity

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore the role of women in 1800's America. In this women's history lesson, 11th graders examine excerpts of "An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism with Reference to the Duty of American Females," and "Letters to...
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Too Large to be a Lunatic Asylum: South Carolina’s Mental Health

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the history of South Carolina's mental institutions. In this South Carolina history lesson, 8th graders discover details about asylums built in the state in the 1800's. Students analyze primary sources about mental...
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Wheeling and The Big City Lesson 1

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders consider how immigration impacted the East. In this West Virginia history instructional activity, 8th graders research the effects of immigration on Wheeling, West Virginia. Students also gather information about...
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Celebrate Colonial Maryland

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research colonial Maryland. In this colonial Maryland lesson plan, students participate in a WebQuest to investigate how families led their lives long ago. Students compare family and city life from long ago and today. Students...
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From Object To Story

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students engage in a study that focuses upon the study of artifacts for the purpose of defining the heritage of family. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to create a personal family...
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Settlers: Creating Family Trees & Historical Plays

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students conduct research about the founding families of their communities. They compile historical contexts for the era and develop a family tree and historical skit with their findings.
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The Banana Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree!

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners research their family history and make a family tree. In this family tree lesson plan, students are given an example of a family tree with names, pictures, and descriptions of each person. They then are instructed to research...

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