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Return to Father Figures: Lessons to Honor Dear Old Dad!

Subjects
  • Arts & Humanities
    Language Arts, Visual Arts
  • Social Sciences
    U.S. History

Grades

6-8, 9-12

Brief Description

In this set of three activities, students create family trees, interview a family member, and share a childhood treasure.

Objectives

Students
  • investigate their families and childhood
  • conduct an interview with a family member
  • discuss a childhood treasure with the class.

Keywords

family, Father's Day, interview

Materials Needed

  • assignment guidelines, contained in lesson plan
  • suggested interview questions, contained in lesson plan

Lesson Plan

Teacher Amy Kelley created the This Is Your Life lesson plan. This Is Your Life consists of three separate activities, for which Kelley assigns separate due dates. Students discover themselves by designing creative family trees, interviewing a family member who has known them since birth, and sharing a childhood treasure with the class.

Assessment

Collect interview essays. Completed projects should contain more than the suggested questions, and the material should be legible, carefully constructed, and appropriate in content.

Lesson Plan Source

LessonPlansPage.com

National Standards

FINE ARTS: Visual Arts

  • GRADES 5 - 8
    NA-VA.5-8.1 Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes
    NA-VA.5-8.6 Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other Disciplines
  • GRADES 9 - 12
    NA-VA.9-12.1 Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes
    NA-VA.9-12.6 Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other Disciplines
LANGUAGE ARTS: English SOCIAL SCIENCES: U.S. History
  • GRADES 5 - 12
    NSS-USH.5-12.10 Era 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the Present)

Return to Father Figures: Lessons to Honor Dear Old Dad!.

Originally published 06/07/2002
Links last updated 06/01/2007