Ancestors

This is the companion site to a PBS series on family history and genealogy. The site includes resources for beginning research.

Ellis Island

A resource for information on immigration.

Ellis Island

Learn about the patterns and historical forces behind immigration. Five unit lessons support the use of the Internet and library resources. Other resources include a list of fiction and nonfiction books and examples of student projects.

Family Reunion Day

Guidelines for students in preparing a report about the history of his/her family and individual people in the family.

Family Tree

Lesson plans designed for a 5th grade unit in which students create a 4-generation family tree, keep a journal, create a family crest, and write a short autobiography.

Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon

This website includes 3 companion lesson plans that support "Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon", an authentic oral history.

Learning About Immigration Through Oral History

This site was developed to give students the experience of oral history and to appreciate the process of historiography. Also included is information on the importance of oral history and guidelines for putting together an oral history project.

My Family's Heritage: An Interdisciplinary Unit

An interdisciplinary unit developed for a 7th grade unit of study.

Using Oral History: Lesson Overview

This unit provides resources to teach history through oral histories and includes teacher materials, student lesson and primary source sets.

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