• Second grade social science text book, library books, handouts
• Pearce, Q. L. (1997). Social studies made simple, grade 2. Grand Rapids, MI: Frank Schaffer Publications.
• Wright, M. E. (2002). Clearly social studies grade 2. Grand Rapids, MI: Frank Schaffer Publications.

• What is History? Timelines and Oral Histories
  http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=406*
  Lesson plan for creating timelines and oral histories
• Historical Treasure Chests
  www.k12science.org/curriculum/treasure*
  Activity for students to investigate authentic materials from the past
• EDSITEment
  http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=325*
  My Piece of History lesson plan to put students in touch with their family history
• Maryland Historical Society
  www.mdhs.org/kids/timecapsule.html*
  Directions for making a time capsule
• A Family Quilt Storybook
  www.mdhs.org/kids/quilt/qultstor.html*
  Provides a template for creating a quilt square
• EDSITEment
  http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=346*
  Family and Friendship in Quilts lesson plan
• EDSITEment
  http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=242*
  Stories in Quilts lesson plan to create a class quilt
• dMarie Time Capsule
  http://dmarie.com/timecap/*
  Find out what happened on any day in history
• Survey Monkey
  http://surveymonkey.com/*
  A tool to develop online surveys

• Computers for creating autobiographies, biographies, graphs, and Web sites
• Digital camera for taking photos of students and families for autobiographies and biographies
• Printer for printing student products
• Internet connection to enable research
• Scanner to insert original paintings or drawings by students into brochures

• Database/spreadsheet software for graphing activities
• E-mail for contacting family for research
• Encyclopedia on CD-ROM for research
• Web browser to research and complete activities throughout the unit
• Word processing to complete the brochure
• Multimedia to publish biography

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