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Family Memoir: Getting Acquainted With Generations Before Us
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| Grades | 9 – 12 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Unit |
| Estimated Time | Nine 50-minute sessions |
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San Francisco, California |
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LESSON PLANS
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Exploring the Power of Language with Six-Word Memoirs
What do the words we write really have to say about us? In this lesson, students examine the power of word choice as they write six-word memoirs of their lives.
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
Useful for a wide variety of reading and writing activities, this outlining tool allows students to organize up to five levels of information.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades K – 12 | Calendar Activity | September 9
Today is National Grandparents Day.
National Grandparents Day, first proposed in 1970, was officially proclaimed in 1978.
Grades 9 – 12 | Calendar Activity | May 1
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is in May!
Students consider the portrayal of Asians in popular culture by exploring images from classic and contemporary films and comparing them to historical and cultural reference materials.
Grades 5 – 12 | Calendar Activity | August 11
Alex Haley, author of Roots, was born in 1921.
Students explore their own roots by interviewing family members and use their family history to write a fictional account of their roots.
Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity | October 7
Sherman Alexie was born in 1966.
Students imagine they have been asked to participate in a museum exhibit, take photos/videos of a significant location, and write or record reflections. Students can also create an exhibit from something they have read.
ACTIVITIES & PROJECTS
Grades 9 – 12 | Activity & Project
Teens can take part in the process of building family histories by recording the stories, or memoirs, of family members.
PODCAST EPISODES
Grades K – 5 | Podcast Episode
Explore books that celebrate relationships with grandmothers and learn how even across different cultures a grandmother's love is the same.