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Mother And Daughter Griots

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the ancient art of the Asian and African tradition found in the works of Alison and Betye Saar. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used as inspiration for the creation of artwork...
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Shizuko’s Daughter: Problematic Situation

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
How could you decide which of your late mother's possessions are important enough to take to college with you? Decide which items would be the most valuable to you with an activity based on Kyoko Mori's Shizuko's Daughter. After learners...
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Shizuko’s Daughter: Anticipation Guide

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Focus on the literary themes of Kyoko Mori's Shizuko's Daughter with an anticipation guide. Kids read statements about respect, abandonment, and love, and mark their agreement or disagreement before beginning the novel. After they...
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Mother's Day Celebration

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL Mother's Day reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short text about two children who celebrate the day in an affordable way. There are 5 questions to answer and a short essay about Mother's Day.
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Abigail as Mother (Part 1)

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
In part one of a two-part series, scholars compare two of Abigail Adams' letters: one to her son and the other to her daughter. Researchers use the provided worksheets to contrast evidence of the tone and themes in the two letters.
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Shizuko’s Daughter: Selective Reading Guide

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Examine the text of Kyoko Mori's Shizuko's Daughter with a reading guide. With questions that prompt kids to refer to the reading as well as to their own experiences and opinions, the guide is an effective way to keep them engaged with...
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Shizuko’s Daughter: Question Answer Relationships

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Asking questions about what you're reading is an effective way to connect with the text. After kids read passages from Kyoko Mori's Shizuko's Daughter, they identify questions about the passages as Right There, Think and Search, On Your...
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Shizuko’s Daughter: Discussion Web

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Is Yuki a selfish character? Analyze her motivation and behavior during a unit on Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori. Readers fill out two sides of a graphic organizer with reasons why or why not she is selfish, and then come up with a...
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Depicting Motherhood in Family Stories

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore triptychs.  In this art history lesson, students define the terms "photograph" and "triptych".  Students discuss changes that occur between mothers and daughters and create an original triptych using family photographs.
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A Wrinkled Relationship

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners become familiar with the hardships of mothers during the Great Depression. They also gain an understanding of the literary style of monologue and first-person point of view through creating their own monologues in response to a...
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Grade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 3, Lesson 3

For Teachers 10th Standards
Few studies have captured the complex relationships between mothers and daughters, such as Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club. Tenth graders read "Rules of the Game," which describes Waverly's youth in chess tournaments, and compare how she...
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Depicting Motherhood in Family Stories

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the roles of mothers and grandmothers by looking at black-and-white photographs of one American family and comparing that family's multi-generational story with their own. In this mothers and grandmothers lesson plan,...
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Mother's Day Word Scramble

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word scramble worksheet, students unscramble the letters of the Mother's Day words. Students spell 12 words related to Mother's Day.
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Family Lesson Plan

For Teachers K
Kindergarteners discuss families with this resource. They talk about human families, explaining how they grow and change, and focus on vocabulary words. Then, they talk about animal families, discuss the vocabulary involved, and match...
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The Joy Luck Club

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read The Joy Luck Club and analyze the effect of having to translate from one culture into another. Students trace patterns that link mothers and daughters in the novel, and write an essay comparing personal experiences to those...
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Abigail in Childbirth

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Childbirth has never been easy and is not without risk, even in the 21st century. Young historians gain insight into the travails of 18th-century childbirth as they read letters between Abigail Adams and her husband about their loss of a...
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El Día de las Madres

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research the origin of Mother's Day and in Spanish, write a poem for their mothers, aunt or grandmother. They plan a Mother's Day event.
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Classroom Guide for Saturday At The New You

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete guided reading activities for the book, Saturday At The New You I by Barbara e. Barber. They read about a young girl who visits her mother's beauty salon on Saturdays. They answer pre-reading questions and decide on a...
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Race, Culture, And Identity in Daughter From Danang (Part 1)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine cultural identity. They watch the PBS documentary, 'Daughter From Danang,' answer discussion questions, and write an essay regarding the characters ethnicities and stereotypes portrayed in the film.
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Mock Trial - Scott Walker v. Tanya Brewster

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A child is severely wounded and a mother is sued for the negligent storage of a firearm in the mock trial case, Scott Walker v. Tanya Brewster.
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Investigating the Heroin and Prescription Opioid Epidemic

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
How bad is the opioid crisis in America? Has it gotten worse in the last few decades? Why? High schoolers delve into these questions with a thorough and thoughtful lesson from The New York Times on heroin prescription opioids. Starting...
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We Need More Than Money

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners identify examples of private resources. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students read the book A Chair for My Mother and identify the private resources the characters used in the text. Learners name private...
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The age of majority: How old is old enough?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research on the Web and in books the "age of majority" in general and how it applies in their particular states. Explore, too, "emancipation" and whether this is another way for teens to earn additional rights. Students write a...
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A New coat for Anna

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in a bartering activity. They discuss the problems of bartering. Students read the book "A New Coat for Anna," by Harriet Ziefert. Students discuss the bartering Anna's mother did. They record the trades made...