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Lesson Plans - History

‘When I Was Young’ Book

This Grandparent’s Day, show grandma and grandpa how much you care by presenting them with their very own “When I Was Young” Book — designed and written by you!

Grandparents Day Crafts and Cards

On Grandparents Day, people honor and thank their grandparents. Grandparents Day was declared a holiday in the USA by the US congress in 1978.

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. They will conclude by drawing pictures of their relatives living in this time and place.

Learn from your Grandparents

What did your Grandma do while your Grandfather went to war? Do they have some old letters they wrote to each other?? Try to have each child bring in some memento from the period in history they talk to their grandparent about.

National Grandparents Day for Schools

Your task is to work cooperatively with a grandparent to make a record of his/her life in any one of the following ways