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Cultural Comparisons Interview
Students interview a family member and give an oral report. In this oral history lesson, students create interview questions relevant to an American historical period. Students interview a family member and present an oral report to the...
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Rosa Louis Parks
Students describe Rosa Parks' contributions and how they affect us today, and identify important events occurring at this time in history.
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From Korea to Vietnam: America Changes Her View on War
Eleventh graders identify and analyze the differences between the Korean and the Vietnam Wars. In small groups they conduct research and create a scene from a movie that focuses on the Korean or Vietnam War. Students view and evaluate...
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AN INTERNATIONAL MENU
Learnersl expand vocabulary through word study, literature and class discussion (e.g. word origins, roots and affixes, meaning in context, levels of usage, etc.). They recognize food-related words that have entered the English language...
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Intergenerational Friendships
Students interview senior citizens. In this communications lesson, students read the book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge and discuss how to be sensitive to people of a different generation. Students develop interview questions and...
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After Hamelin
Middle schoolers discuss the story The Pied Piper. In this reading comprehension lesson, students participate in a variety of activities designed to enhance and further their understanding of the story. Middle schoolers interview an...
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Story Telling: Chill Out
Students explore story telling. In this story telling activity, students listen to classic campfire horror stories and prepare a storyboard organizer for an original scary story. Students share their story with the class.
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Closing Lesson
Students reflect on their thoughts about the Vietnam War. In this history lesson, students exhibit all they learned about the Vietnam War by sharing their knowledge through the creation of a portfolio that is shared with their parents.
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Kansas Prairie Homes
Students read about settlers in Kansas and the adaptations they made in order to build different kinds of houses. In this Kansas settlers lesson plan, students participate in choral reading and retell information they learn.
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Making a Time Line
Third graders read along with chapter 3 audio tape and answer comprehension questions orally. They retell some of the events they read about and list them as a class and tell what the purpose of a timeline and what it does. Students then...
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Children of Loneliness: Immigration and Intergenerational Stories
Students evaluate Anzia Yezierska's story, "Children of Loneliness," in relation to Jewish immigrants coming to America. They discuss the connections in the story to their own coming to America and their roles as parents. After...
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Caracas: Yesterday and Today
Students work in small groups to discuss technologies used by Venezuelans and their attitudes regarding these technologies. They compare these findings to their own community.
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Extended Families
Young scholars examine the various combinations that contemporary extended families take on. They identify how strong communication skills are important to the health of the family after reading a an excerpt from a first-person fictional...
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The Evolution of Arkansas Elementary Education
Fourth graders interview older citizens to discover earlier educational history. They write essays based on their interviews.
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How to incorporate local history into your Arkansas History class
Fifth graders explore their local history through research and then providing reenactments about the history.
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Asia Rising
High schoolers view a short film about the economies of Japan and Korea after World War II. They discuss their challenges and succeses in building the economy. They also identify human costs of ecomonic development in those countries.
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My Health Plan
Second graders discuss various ways they can help out at home. After exploring the various members of their families and how they are comprised, 2nd graders identify ways they can get along with their family members. They create an...
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Religion, Culture, and Diversity
Students study different religions and share their own religious traditions. In this religion lesson, students investigate different religions and how ideas about religion can create conflict, growth, and change. They interview family...
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University of Georgia: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
A collection of downloadable resources for grandparents who are raising grandchildren. Topics covered include dealing with transitions, visitation with parents, self-care, abuse and neglect, legal issues, activities to do with...
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: Grandparenting Today: Publications
This site has a wealth of downloadable resources on being a parent of one's grandchildren. Some of the topics covered include grandparent roles, stages of child development, discipline, education, extracurricular activities, getting...
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Foundation for Grandparenting
A website with articles, advice, activity ideas, and links to resources on topics related to grandparenting.
University of Florida
University of Florida: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Series
A set of downloadable resources for grandparents who are raising grandchildren. Topics addressed include child development, family values, financial assistance, health care, custody, education, and self-care.
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Lucas Publishing: Today's Grandparent Magazine: Newstand
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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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
This is the website of author Karen Best Wright, who raised her granddaughters for a number of years then had to return them to their parents. It has information about many topics related to grandparenting, e.g., personal stories,...