Last updated: October 7, 2019
Lesson Plan
Family Tree of Student's Life
- Grade Level:
- Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subject:
- Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
- Lesson Duration:
- 60 Minutes
- Common Core Standards:
- 4.W.2.a
- State Standards:
- W.4.2.1A and H.12.4.4 Analyze the impact of individuals and events of the past, present and future.
- Thinking Skills:
- Remembering: Recalling or recognizing information ideas, and principles. Understanding: Understand the main idea of material heard, viewed, or read. Interpret or summarize the ideas in own words. Applying: Apply an abstract idea in a concrete situation to solve a problem or relate it to a prior experience. Creating: Bring together parts (elements, compounds) of knowledge to form a whole and build relationships for NEW situations.
Essential Question
How would you describe your family tree?
Objective
Identify your ancestors and/ or significant figures on your life and illustrate them on a graphic organizer.
Preparation
| Students may choose a tree design that speaks to them and populate with paper ovals glued to the page |
Materials
Procedure
I opened with a photo of me and my father when I was very young and drew a tree on the board and populated it with family and non-family members who were instrumental in my upbringing. Have students bring in a photo on a volunteer basis as a precursor to the actual completion of the tree.
I do, we do, then you do
Vocabulary
| Vocabulary: matriarch, patriarch, creature comforts, ancestors, generations |