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Curated OER

Kids Health: Welcoming a New Baby Into Your Family

For Students 3rd - 5th
Having a new brother or sister can create many opportunities and challenges for you. You can show how responsible you can be by helping as much as you can. You will have to deal with all the attention that the baby receives from your...
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ReachOut USA

Reach Out Usa: Communicating About Grief With Your Family and Friends

For Students 9th - 10th
ReachOut fact sheets are written by young people for young people and edited by a mental health professional. This page offers suggestions for how to talk about a recent death with family and friends.
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Other

Lucas Publishing: Today's Grandparent Magazine: Newstand

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A bi-monthly Canadian magazine for people 50 years old and up. Covers a wide range of topics on aging, grandparenting, family relationships, health, etc. Past issues going back to 2011 can be downloaded in PDF format on this page.
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PBS

Pbs: The Leakey Family

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS profile of the Leakeys--Louis, Mary, Richard, and Maeve--discusses their finds at Olduvai Gorge and family relationships. Related links.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: My Family Health Portrait

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Other

Streetlaw: Family Law

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website, check out an introduction to family law and several relevant online resources for further reading and research. Topics include: "Law and the American Family," "Marriage," "Legal Rights of Single People Who Live...
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Math Cats

Math Cat: Fact Family Card

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Everything you need to know about fact families can be found here. Discover what fact families are and learn different strategies for using them. Links included to print your own fact family cards, create a fact family house, and play a...
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Pennsylvania State University

Penn State Univ.: Effects of Divorce on Views of Family

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Penn State University provides reports of a study on the effects of divorce on the views of children regarding marriage and relationships.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Living With Grandparents

For Students 3rd - 5th
Parents "of the grandest sort" are sometimes people we only get to see on holidays. Maybe you spend each afternoon after school with your grandparent. Kids have all kinds of different relationships with their grandparents. Sometimes kids...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Living With a Single Parent

For Students 3rd - 5th
Can you describe the "typical American family?" What would that family look like to you? Would it resemble your family? Today, there are so many different kinds of families that it is difficult to describe a "typical" family. Families...
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TES Global

Tes: First Encounters: King Lear (2012) Teacher Pack

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource from Royal Shakespeare Company focuses on teaching Shakespeare's King Lear including themes, characters and relationships, the two families, understanding the language, staging the play,...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Family Works: Family Teamwork

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a good take-home project for students of all ages. By talking with their families about the roles of individual members, students learn how a family's stability relies on teamwork and cooperation.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Offering Comfort

For Students Pre-K - K
It's comforting for kids to know that they live within a circle of care. Remind children that many people care about them...that's what the "Circle of Care" is all about. Together as a family, use these resources to help your child...
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ReachOut USA

Reach Out Usa: Talking to Your Family

For Students 9th - 10th
ReachOut fact sheets are written by young people for young people and edited by a mental health professional. This page discusses the pros and cons of talking to family members about your problems.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Whisperer by Mrs. S. C. Hall

For Students 2nd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Whisperer by Mrs. S. C. Hall (1888). It is concerned with family and schoolroom relationships and behaviors. It is part of the Chambers's Library for Young...
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English for Everyone

English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 9 [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the words associated with family relationships, jobs, places, and actions.
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English for Everyone

English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 8 (High Beginning Level) [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the words associated with family relationships, jobs, places, and human body.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (7) reading passages (grades 8-10) to pair with the drama "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry. When a struggling African-American family receives a large insurance check, a conflict erupts on how to spend the money....
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Other

Aarp: Friends & Family: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Provides a list of basic information one needs to know if just starting to parent a grandchild.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: Friendship & Family: What Is a Friend?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What is a friend?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required for...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (6) reading passages (grades 8-12) to pair with "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams. After losing her family estate to creditors, Blanche DuBois moves in with her younger sister, Stella, and her working class...
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Other

Usa.gov: Military Youth on the Move

For Students 9th - 10th
Being a child in a military family can make you proud of your mother and father. It can also be stressful due to possible moves, deployments, and other changes to family life. Find some real help about these issues and more. Sometimes it...
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Read Works

Read Works: Lessons From Fishing

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about Morgan who grew up fishing with his father and grandfather. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Ady.org: Are Parents and Teens Talking About Sex?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides the percentages of parents and teens that talk about sexual relations, why some teens choose not to talk about it, and how it impacts their lives. This site is important for both parents and teens because lack of...

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