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Role Models

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify heroes by researching their family history. In this personal heritage activity, 1st graders define the term "hero" and the characteristics that represent it. Students research family resources and family trees in...
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Family Traditions

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Honor family traditions with a lesson that examines the variety of winter celebrations. Class members discuss their family's traditions then complete a cut-and-paste practice page in which they match a picture to the name of a holiday....
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Settlers: Creating Family Trees & Historical Plays

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners 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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Quilt Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
After completing the first five lessons from the series, scholars assemble their quilt pieces to create a family history quilt. They then rate their experience of learning about their families by conducting interviews, creating family...
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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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Activity Suggestions for When Everybody Wore a Hat

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete a number of activities as part of a study of When Everybody Wore a Hat. In this book study of When Everybody Wore a Hat, students interview relatives, make a hat and paper bag puppets, and create a family tree.
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Family Tree

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine their family history in order to create a family tree. Explain the concept of the family. They are encouraged to interview their parents, grandparents aunts and uncles to get as much information as possible.
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Young Author Books: I Am a Leaf on My Family Tree

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create family tree books. They discuss culture and brainstorm interview questions for family members. They write stories, poems, and captions for family photos. They interview family members and assemble the interviews...
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Drama: The New Friends

For Teachers 2nd
Reader's Theater is a great way to build fluency, intonation, and dramatic flare. The class reads the theater piece, "The New Friends" paying attention to how they express emotion and feeling as they read. They discuss the use of plot,...
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Family Medical History Pedigree

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils research his/her family medical history and produce a pedigree with information.
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Discovering Me

For Teachers 9th
Read selections from recommended autobiographies, poetry and short stories. Interview family members to collect material useful for constructing a family tree or other types of family history.
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Our Family Tree

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate their family heritage and plot their timeline.  In this research lesson students study their family tree and forestry. 
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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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What is Culture?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils 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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A Family History

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate their family history through pictures and writing. In this family history activity, students research family, culture, food, music, religion, and clothing. Students gather pictures of their family and events....
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Our Family Histories

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate their own family history by creating an in class project and presentation.  In this genealogy lesson, students research their family history using resources from their homes as well as the internet.  Students create...
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DATABASE INTRODUCTION AND BASIC APPLICATIONS USING STUDENT FAMILY TREES

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students gather information about family, parents, and grandparents using the database form. They place their personal information into the database and save the information to compile class in formation. They develop skills in database...
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Family Word Search

For Teachers 5th - 9th
English language learners look for eleven words hidden in a tree-shaped word search. All the nouns refer to family members.
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Creating Family Trees

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students make presentations about families. They make family trees and present orally to the class.
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King Arthur's Family Tree

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Learners examine the genealogy of King Arthur. They create a poster of his family tree and shares with the class. They also place other key figures of the time period on the poster to put his life in perspective.
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Who's Who In My Family (Book Share)

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners read Who's Who In My Family, relate the story to their own family relatives, traditions and heritage and compare with classmates. They make their own family trees and form a live action family tree.
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The Banana Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree!

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students 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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PowerPoint and the Israelites

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars create a PowerPoint of an organizational chart showing the connections between ancient Israelites and modern-day Arabs.
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Primate Primer

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the different branches of the primate family tree. They create fact cards about various species of non-human primates and then write fictional skits about interactions among the different primates.

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