Family Heritage week is the week of November 14-18 and coincides with American Education Week.

Below are a list of classroom ideas to recognize Family Heritage Week

• For homework, the students can list words that distinguish their family heritage. Using the computers, have the students use a word puzzle site, such as PuzzleMaker, to create a word find. Print and hand out to the class for them to complete.
• For homework, the students can list words that distinguish their family heritage. Use those words to create a poem, a Wordle, or cut out pictures from magazines to show the words visually.
• Create a flag that defines each child’s heritage.
• Celebrate life in our town by researching the history of it. Locate pictures of a main street from 100 years ago and compare/contrast the images of then and now.
• Create a postcard with a picture to show symbols of the child’s heritage. Write a letter explaining the significance of the picture. This could be hand drawn or on the computer using a publishing program.
• Each student will create quilt squares to represent their heritage. The squares can have pictures, words or both. The quilts can be arranged for a wall display.