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My Life/Your Life: A Look at Your Parents’ Past
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| Grades | 6 – 8 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Four 60-minute sessions |
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Pleasanton, California |
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STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
This interactive tool allows students to create Venn diagrams that contain two or three overlapping circles, enabling them to organize their information logically.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
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 | February 23
Diarist Samuel Pepys was born.
Students write diary entries and revisit the entries as if it were a hundred years from now. Students then brainstorm and write paragraphs about life in the 21st century.