Sites (9)

Beyond the Fatal Shore
Interactive timeline of Australian history from 1770.

Birthday Traditions From Around The World
How the tradition of birthday parties started and birthday customs around the world.

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Family Traditions
Information about birth, death and wedding customs and festivals around the world.

Grandmother and Me Story Book
Story about Grandma in several languages.

Jewels of the Romanovs
Images of the Russian royal family's treasures.

Storyteller: Families
Collection of family stories written by children.

Technology At Home
Interactive history of the home timeline. Use the slider to move forward and back through time. Position your cursor over an object to reveal some information about that object.

The 1900's House
Travel back 100 years into a house in Victorian London. Find out what home life was like around 1900, including what people wore and what sort of homes they lived in.

Lessons (7)

Back in the Olden Days
Students will discuss what it might have been like when, and where, their parents and grandparents grew up. The students will conduct interviews to see if their guesses were right.

Eyewitness to History
In this lesson, students explore this second set of connections, talking with family members about landmark events they have witnessed in their lifetimes to learn how history touches our lives.

Family Message Journals
This lesson introduces the Family Message Journals tool for encouraging family involvement and supporting writing to reflect and to learn.

Groups We Belong To
In this lesson, students will begin to think about and identify different kinds of groups. They will see that people are born into certain groups and that they join others.

Many Places, Many Faces
Unit of work on family similarities and differences around the world.

My Piece of History
In this lesson, students first examine pictures of household objects from the late 20th century and gather historical information about them from older family members.

What is History? Timelines and Oral Histories
In this lesson, young students will gain a frame of reference for understanding history and for recognizing that the past is different depending on who is remembering and retelling it.

Software (1)

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Texts (1)

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Videos (1)

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Teacher References (2)

Food History Timeline
History of food and kitchens timeline from Roman times to present.

Stories From Around The World
Collection of folk tales from around the world.