Subject: Social Studies
Topic: Family History
Grade Level: 2
Student Lesson name and URL: http://ctap295.ctaponline.org/~ecox/student/

2.1. Students differentiate between those things that happened long ago and yesterday:

1. by tracing the history of a family through the use of primary and secondary sources including artifacts, photographs, articles
2. comparing and contrasting their daily lives with those of parents and grandparents
3. placing important events in their lives in the order in which they occurred (e.g., on a timeline or story board)

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Students will:

1. construct a family history.

2. make a timeline of several important events in their own lives.

4. compare daily life in the past with that of today.
 

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Introductory Activity
Students take the Pretest.
Students respond to a writing prompt in  their Family Journal composition book.
Students complete the Button Brood project.
Students complete the Table Family Chart.
Essential Learning: All families are different.

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Students will:

1) view the Babar web page and read about his family.
2) view the  Rugrats web page and read about the Rugrats character Tommy Pickles, and his Jewish family.
2) identify Tommy Pickles siblings, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents in a family tree chart.
3) complete a personal family history survey.(Spanish version)
4) graphically organize their own families into a family tree.
5) design a Rugrats baby and adopt him or her.
6) make a timeline that charts five significant events in their lives.
7) view the America's Library  web site, and compare and contrast life today with life in past.
8) view old photos of the city and area in which students' live.
9) complete a Venn Diagram comparing the past and present. 
10) Write daily about observations and conclusions in a Family Journal.

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Pretest/Post-test
Rubric score from student's family history Power Point Presentation.
 

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Introductory Activity

Pretest (doc.)
Button Brood (doc.)
Table Family Chart (doc.)

Enabling Activity

Babar's Family Tree
http://www.hbo4kids.com/shows/babar/tree/index.html
This site shows the family tree of the literary character Babar, the elephant created by Laurent de Brunhoff. It explains how Babar  was adopted and started to live in the cit with the Old Lady.

Tommy Pickles Jewish Family and Friends
http://www.nick.com/all_nick/tv_supersites/rugrats/stars/tommy.jhtml
This site describes the Rugrats character Tommy Pickles and his family. It is personable and easy to read. The site is very animated. It also features games and other cartoon characters by Nickelodean.

Rugrats Stars Page
http://www.nick.com/all_nick/tv_supersites/rugrats/stars/stars_index.jhtml
This site shows all of the characters in the Rugrats series.

Adopt a Rugrat
http://www.nick.com/all_nick/tv_supersites/rugrats/games/baby_build/index.jhtml
This site allows students to pick and choose the hair, eyes, nose and smile for a Rugrats character. Then, it allows students to adopt the Rugrat, and prints a certificate of adoption.

Family Survey
English
Spanish
 

Timelines
Preparation Page 
Student Page
Timeliner 5.0

Timeline Storyboard
Template

America's Story - Exploring the Past
http://www.americaslibrary.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi
This web site allows students to see photos of famous people and hear music from historical events in American History.

Permission Slips
Permission to Pubish to the Internet (English and Spanish)
Permission to take Polaroid Camera home (English and Spanish)
Photo Assignment Instructions for Final Project

Culminating Activity

Student 1
Student 2

Final Presentation

Laurel Elementary School
1410 Laurel Street, Oceanside, CA 92054
Erica Cox
ertocox@aol.com
Last Revised: 05/17/01