Lesson plans :

• July 27 - Parents' Day - Lesson plan (eslholidaylessons.com)
  
  

• Haiti and its strength : past present and future
  "Les documents qui suivent font partie d’une recherche  que j’appelle le Positive Piece of News Project..."
  (Marie André-Milesi - lewebpedagogique.com)
  
  
  A tour of an orphanage in Haiti
  "God's Littlest Angels is an American-run Christian mission set up in 1994 in the hills above Port au Prince to look after Haitian orphans and match them with adoptive families.
  The earthquake meant they received many more children.
  Melissa Friesen, who has volunteered there for the last year, gave a tour."
  (BBC)

  

• Grandparents Increase Risk of Obesity in Children
  - a lesson plan
  WARM-UPS : GRANDPARENTS / GRANDMA KNOWS BEST / OBESITY / OVERWEIGHT / WEIGHT
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  

• Twins. "Take a look at the article, story, cartoon, word games, trivia and links."
  (British Council)
  
  

• Internet helps families stay more in touch - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)

  Hi-tech brings families together
  The survey "found that using the net was often a social activity within families, with 51% of parents saying they browsed the web with their children."
  (BBC)
  
  

• Séquence : Meet Kevin's Family - Niveau 6ème (Ac. Lille)
  "Dans cette exploitation, nous nous sommes efforcés de mettre en relief des stratégies d'apprentissage
  et d'évaluation de la compréhension orale qui soient transférables à d'autres supports.
  Il s'agit d'un dialogue extrait de la méthode Step in de 6ème intitulé Kevin's Family qui est accompagné d'une image.
  Les principales capacités visées dans notre exploitation sont relatives à l'anticipation, au repérage du connu et des mots accentués, à la mise en relation des différents éléments et à l'inférence...
  La totalité des activités proposées dans cette séquence relève des niveaux A1/A2 tels qu'ils sont définis dans le Cadre Européen Commun de Référence."

• Parents tried to sell baby on eBay - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)

  
  

• Parents Hand Out Unusual Punishments - a lesson plan
  "Were the unusual punishments handed out by these parents fair or unfair?"
  (Education World)

  

• 15 May is International Day of Families.
  "Practise your English while you learn about families.
  Take a look at the article, poem, cartoon, trivia, links and word game."
  (British Council)

  

• 'Best party ever' costs parents $20,000
  - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)
  
  House-party teen shows no remorse
  (theage.com.au)

  Best Street Party Ever - Parents Yet To Find Out
  (YouTube)

  
  
  Australian party teen turns pro
  "The Australian teenager who threw a party while his parents were away causing thousands of dollars of damage says he is turning professional."
  (BBC)

  

   

• Ten Great Activities for Grandparents Day - observed on second Sunday in September
  (Education World)

• GrandParents Resource Page - Grandparent's Day: Sept 10 (teacherplanet.com)
  Lesson Plans - Worksheets - Clipart & Images - Other Resources
  
• Everest wedding - a lesson plan
  with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises." (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  
  

• Family relationships - a lesson proposed by Randall S. Davis (esl-lab) with :
  - a list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in RealMedia format.
  - a short quiz to test students' comprehension of some of the words,
  - a Follow-Up exercise for expanding students' use of the vocabulary in a conversation with a partner or group.

Poems :

• Happy Families (Learn English Online) :
  Introducing your family - Pronunciation - Interactive activities - The family poem

• Meet the Creeps - a poem - Listen to it. (BBC)
  
  

• My Noisy Brother - a poem by Bruce Lansky (gigglepoetry.com)
  
  

• Animal Families - (poetryclass.net)
  "If the people in your family were animals, what animals would they be?"... Write a poem

Conversation Questions :

• Family (iteslj.org) This website is temporarily unavailable. Try again!

• Parenting (iteslj.org) This website is temporarily unavailable. Try again!

• Generation Gap (iteslj.org) This website is temporarily unavailable. Try again!

• Love, Dating & Marriage (iteslj.org) This website is temporarily unavailable. Try again!

Games TO PRINT :

• Jeu de 7 familles en anglais - Family cards
  (inattendu.org)

  

• Jeu des 7 familles - à imprimer
  Le jeu existe en plusieurs langues.
  (jt44.free.fr)

  

• Grandparent's DAY Deluxe Word Search (sunniebunniezz.com)

• Crossword - family (answers in French) - (discoveryeducationalsoftware.co.uk)

• My First Cross Word Puzzle (tlsbooks.com) :
  "Write the name of the baby animal next to each clue.
  Then write the baby animal word in the puzzle."

Songs :

• 'My Crazy Family' par Sylvain Kustyan - Niveau 6ème, 5ème et primaire
  Le thème: la famille, les membres de la famille
  Point de langue: There's There are / Les goûts / Le présent simple / Le prétérit
  Sur YouTube, cliquer sur l'onglet Sous-Titres et vous aurez une version Karaoké. 
  "There's my mother with green hair
  But my father doesn't care
  There's my brother who gets stronger..."
  (sylvainkustyanchansoncolleges.blogspot.fr)

• She's Leaving Home - The Beatles
  "She breaks down and cries to her husband 
  Daddy our baby's gone 
  Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly 
  How could she do this to me..." 
  (lyrics007.com)
  Listen to the song. (YouTube)

• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
  (YouTube)
  + the LYRICS
  "Mama told me when I was young 
  Come sit beside me, my only son 
  And listen closely to what I say. 
  And if you do this 
  It will help you some sunny day..." 
  (lyrics007.com)

• The Mom Song - with subtitles
  "The Mom Song, a light-hearted ditty describing everything Mom says in a 24-hour period."
  (YouTube)

  

• Fathers and Fathers Day Folk Songs (nwfolk.com)

• Mothers and Mothers Day Folk Songs (nwfolk.com)

• Songs with the word "baby" in the title or lyrics,
  and songs which otherwise have something to do with having babies, children, or giving birth

• Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin or Ugly Kid Joe :
  "And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me,
  He'd grown up just like me.
  My boy was just like me."

• Family Portrait by PINK

• Family Portrait by Pink
  Watch the video and do the exercise.
  Activity created by: Renée Maufroid

  

• Father and Son by Cat Stevens :
  "You're still young...
  Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy."

• For Baby by John Denver

• Animaniacs "I'm Mad" Song : the lyrics (rogerwatersonline.com)

• I'm My Own Grandpa - sung by Ray Stevens - with the video
  (trurons.com)
  
  

• Ladies first by Queen Latifah :
  "Like mother, like daughter, I would also like to mention"

• Like father like son by Elton John or Lenny Kravitz or Aida

• Living for the city sung by Stevie Wonder
  "Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many
  His patience's long but soon he won't have any
  To find a job is like a haystack needle
  Cause where he lives they don't use colored people
  Living just enough, just enough for the city..."
  (azlyrics.com)
  - the VIDEO (YouTube)

• Mother by Pink Floyd

• My Crazy Family
  - Une chanson en karaoké extraite du CD-ROM Ressources JOIN the TEAM 6e
  Utilisation de 'CAN'
  (Collection 'Join the Team' - 6ème et 5ème - Editions Nathan)

  

• Ode to my Family by The Cranberries

• Our House by Madness

• 'Route 23' by Steven Seagal (lyrics on the CD : Songs from the Crystal Cave)

• Seasons In The Sun by Westlife :
  "Goodbye Papa please pray for me
  I was the black sheep of the family"
  

• We Are Family by Sister Sledge :
  "I got all my sisters with me"
  
  
  
  

Crafts :

• Family Tree and other Family Crafts (enchantedlearning.com)
  (examples : PAPER FAMILY TREE / FAMILY COLLAGE / SEMI-CIRCULAR ANCESTRY CHART)
  
  

Cartoons : (Si le lien est inaccessible, enregistrer l'image pour obtenir la taille initiale.)

Superstitions :

• Old Superstitions : New Years Baby | Wedding | Death (bored.com)

• Common superstitions (csicop.org) :
  • To make a happy marriage, the bride must wear: something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
  • The wedding veil protects the bride from the evil eye

   

• Wedding Traditions and Symbols (hitched.co.uk)

Idioms and Proverbs :

• Idioms derived from kinship terms (BBC)

• Like father like son by Elton John or Lenny Kravitz or Aida

• Ladies first by Queen Latifah :
  "Like mother, like daughter, I would also like to mention"

Animations Flash :

• Look at the little movie, then tell the story
  Activity created by: Renée Maufroid
  "Un petit film en flash qui permet de faire travailler le récit avec prolongements possibles bien sûr:
  imaginer la conversation entre le père et la fille,
  imaginer la fin,
  faire raconter l'histoire par la petite fille, etc"

  
  

• Adam - a FLASH animation by Bozzetto
  (pagesperso-orange.fr/prof.danglais)
  
  

• Female and Male - a FLASH animation by Bozzetto
  (haha.nu)
  
  

Videos :

• 10 tips to raise happy children by Mom-cat Coco (YouTube)

• Obama Girls’ Role: Not to Speak, but to Be Spoken Of (nytimes.com)

  
  
  President Obama’s Girls: "Jodi Kantor of The New York Times talks about the vital role that President Obama’s daughters, Malia (14) and Sasha (11), have played in his political life...
  Here are just a few of the household rules that she (Mrs Obama) has mentioned in interviews and other appearances..."

• Zonajobs Commercial (dailymotion.com)
  "Une publicité qui nous vient d'Argentine, qui met en scène une mamie de 90 ans qui se fait tuer encore et encore dans des situations toujours plus insolites.
  Je vous laisse savourer la chute qui fait la promotion du site Zonajobs pour la recherche d'emploi."

• Ad of the Day: VW Polo Dad
  "The new TV ad for the Volkswagen Polo shows the evolving relationship of a protective father and his daughter, from the moment he first brings her home from the hospital to the day she finally leaves home, when he hands her the keys to a shiny new Polo -- ensuring she "stays in safe hands"."
  + THE MESSAGE + COMMENT + LESSON IDEA
  (englishblog.com)

• Chevrolet: True Story (creativecriminals.com)
  "A 1965 Chevy Impala SS is more than a car to the Younger family, it's what binds them together.
  To pay for his sons' education, Herb Younger was forced to sell his beloved '65 Impala.
  Two decades later, they found a way to pay him back."
  (YouTube) - UPDATED

   

• The Best TV Dads Through the Decades (YouTube)

  

• Mother's Day Supercut - Memorable Movie Moms (YouTube)
  

  

• Drama Queen - Commercial for the Young Director Award 2010
  (YouTube)

  

• Shocking scenes

  Behind Closed Doors
  "Troubled by his conflicting parents and haunted by the monster that dwells in his bedroom closet, Gregory, an anxious timid young boy must confront his demons and defeat the true threat that exists behind closed doors."
  (YouTube)

  

• Fight for Kisses - Publicité
  (koreus.com)
  - vidéo d'animation réalisée par l'agence JWT pour le compte de Wilkinson/Energizer.
  "C'est pour regagner l'attention de sa femme, qu'un père va se battre à armes égales avec son bébé..."
  (bonweb.fr)

  

• Mr Bean's Wedding - "Mr Bean, Rowan Atkinson, attends a wedding."
  (YouTube)

  

TV series :

• THE MIDDLE - TV series
  
  

• Desperate Housewives - an American television series (Wikipedia)
  "The tone and style of the series combine elements of
  drama, comedy, mystery, satire, and soap opera."

  

• see DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (on the TV page)

Cinema :

• This Must Be the Place 
  "is a 2011 drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino, written by Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello. It stars Sean Penn and Frances McDormand.
  The film deals with a middle-aged wealthy rock star who becomes bored in his retirement and takes on the quest of finding his father's tormentor,
  a Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the United States."
  (Wikipedia)
  
  

   

   

  
  This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) by Talking Heads : LYRICS 
  "Home is where I want to be
  Pick me up and turn me round
  I feel numb - born with a weak heart
  (So I) guess I must be having fun
  The less we say about it the better..."
  (sing365.com)