Kids' Family Stories
http://www.whittierfifthdimension.org/kids2famstor.html 
Stories written by young children about their families, funny times, awesome trips, and family traditions.

Storyteller: Families
http://www.edbydesign.com/servlets/servlet/storytellerSubject=Archive&TopicID=15 
Collection of family stories written by children.

Family Traditions
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/folklore/peter/index.html  
Information about birth, death and wedding customs and festivals around the world.

The 1900's House
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/1900house/ 
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.

Birthday Traditions From Around The World
http://www.kidsparties.com/traditions.htm 
How the tradition of birthday parties started and birthday customs around the world.

Technology At Home
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tech/# 
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.

Beyond the Fatal Shore
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/australia/ 
Interactive timeline of Australian history from 1770

Jewels of the Romanovs
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/jewels/ 
Images of the Russian royal family\'s treasures.

Lessons

Many Places, Many Faces
http://www.stf.sk.ca/teaching_res/library/teach_mat_centre/tmc/p1006/p1006.htm 
Unit of work on family similarities and differences around the world.

Relationships
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/  etc
In this lesson, students will share their understanding of relationships within their families with the class.

Groups We Belong To
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=341  
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.

Launching Family Message Journals
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=77
This lesson introduces Family Message Journals for encouraging family involvement and supporting writing to reflect and to learn.

Back in the Olden Days
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/gk2/oldendays.html 
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.

My Piece of History
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=325  
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
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=406  
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.

Eyewitness to History
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=331  
In this lesson, students explore with family members about landmark events they have witnessed in their lifetimes to learn how history touches our lives.

Teacher Reference

Family Stories
http://www.aadl.org/kidspg/bibs/famstor.htm 
List of texts Compiled by the Youth Services Librarians of the Ann Arbor District Library useful in this unit.

Stories From Around The World
http://www.midtesol.org/ClassProjects/project1/  
Collection of folk tales from around the world.

Food History Timeline
http://www.open2.net/everwondered_food/history/history_timeline5.htm 
History of food and kitchens shown on a timeline from Roman times to present.

Dreams
Grades 1 - 3. 

Sites

Monsters of Mystery
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/9903/monsters/map.html 
Features an interactive map which tells the stories of legendary monsters from around the world.

Myth Web
http://www.mythweb.com/ 
This site is devoted to the heroes, gods and monsters of Greek mythology.

Monster Bugs
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/bugs/index.htm 
Students made their own virtual monster bug which can be printed out.

Frank was a Monster who wanted to Dance
http://www.lostboys-entertainment.com/frank/ 
Animation based on the book of the same name.

Build A Monster
http://www.goobo.com/monster/
Assemble your own scary monster.

The Monster Motel
http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/kotn/motel/welcome.html 
Place for students to read or post stories about monsters.

Ghostly, Ghastly, Creepy, Crawly
http://www.chirpingbird.com/netpets/html/features/oct/ghostly1.html 
Scary monster stories for kids.

Things that go Bump in the Night
http://www.env.qld.gov.au/environment/feature/bump/ 
All about Queensland nocturnal rainforest species.

Night Creatures of the Kalahari
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/kalahari/ 
Explores the mysterious world of nocturnal animals.

Monster Jokes
http://www.yahooligans.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Humor__Jokes__and_Fun/ etc.

They Only Come Out At Night
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/1507/enterfantasy.htm  
Enter the Enchanted Lands of the magical forest where waterfalls flow and the flowers are always in bloom.

Lessons

WebQuest: In Search of Stellaluna's Family
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/chavez/batquest/batquest.html 
After reading the book, students work with a partner to find out more information about bats.

Good Night! Sleep Tight!
http://www97.unitplan.intel.com   etc.
  Unit of work based on "The Napping House" by Audrey Wood and "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak.

Where Monsters Can Grow
http://www.rhlschool.com/read4n8.htm  
Poem and comprehension questions.

Monsters Are Make Believe
http://www.askeric.org/ etc.
Students will realize that the cause of our fears is sometimes our own imagination.

Dream It, Draw It
http://www.crayola.com/educators/lessons/display.cfm?id=465  
Students create Surrealistic drawings that illustrates their understanding of dreams, and write short stories that describes their thinking.

Going Batty
http://www.kinderkorner.com/bats.html 
Ideas and activities for studying bats, plus songs, poems, and suggested books.

Owl Babies
http://www.ri.net/schools/Central_Falls/ch/heazak/owlbab.html 
Activities related to the book by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson.

After Dark Friends
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/teach/after_dark.html 
Students create a night life scene by using a pencil to draw the various nocturnal animals discussed in this lesson.

Teacher Reference

Creepy Cacophonies
http://home.rmci.net/gatemi/page3/index.htm 
Gruesome sound effects at this creepy cache of cacophonies.

Eyes in the Dark
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/pub/cbw/2002/dark.htm  
List of children's texts from the State Library of Queensland related to nocturnal animals.

Bats Bats Everywhere
http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/ 
Students have fun learning all about this unique and helpful animal. Includes quiz and teaching ideas.

Who's Who of Fairies
http://www.iofm.net/community/kidscorner/creatures/fairies.htm 
Lore about these little people who can vanish at will.

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