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Understanding Family
Mrs. Goodwin/Family FocusSlide2
Group Activity/Discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POofYM4ZiKg
Alike
Different
Fold your paper in half. Watch the segment and answer the question with your group members. List as many as you can in 5 minutes.Slide3
Group Activity/Discussion
Alike
Different
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Family Vocabulary:
Family
Family TypeGenerationRoleNuclearSingle-Parent FamilyStepfamily
Extended Family
Foster Family
Adoptive Family
Childless FamilySlide5
“Kick Me”
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO KICKING!!!!
I will tape a piece of paper to your back. Get out of your seat and take your vocabulary list with you.
Your job is to find the missing definitions.
When you are finished, return to your seat
and sit quietly until everyone has finished.Slide6
Definitions
Family
: A group of people related to one another by blood (birth), marriage or adoption.
Family Type
: The makeup of a family.
Generation
: All the people who are born and live about the same time. A human generation is 25 years.
Role:
A person’s place in a group.Slide7
What type of family is this
A married man and women and their biological children.
NuclearSlide8
What type of family is this?
One parent (mother or father) raising child or children due to death, divorce or abandonment.
Single-Parent Slide9
What type of family is this?
One or both parents have been married before bringing their children from the previous marriage into the family. They may have children together.
Step/BlendedSlide10
What type of family is this?
2
or 3 generations living under one roof
Multi-Generational/ Extended
Slide11
What type of family is this?
A child that is temporarily placed with a family
until the child’s “family problems” are settled.Foster Slide12
What type of family is this?
Parents go through the courts to make children legally their own. Adoptions can be very diverse culturally
speaking
AdoptiveSlide13
What type of family is this?
A married man and woman without children.
ChildlessSlide14
T-Chart
There are several T-Charts around the room. Walk around and list at 2 PROS and CONS for each family type.
Each group will have a different colored marker! Slide15
Family Roles and RelationshipsSlide16
What is your role within your family?
Activity:-Students who are:
The oldest child go to the corner by the glass door.The middle child go to the corner by the floor fan.The youngest child go to the corner by the refrigerators.
The only child go to the corner by the classroom door.
- Within your group discuss your “role” within the family and how your placement (first, middle, last, only child) affects your role. Slide17
Birth Order
The order in which children are born into a family influences the development of the children.
Oldest children bear the burden of the parents’ heaviest expectations and also of the parents’ inexperience in raising children.Second or third children are generally treated in a more relaxed way by the parents.Youngest children often have a more difficult time in making the transition to adulthood.Slide18
Oldest Child
Usually set up as an example to the other children.
Treated more like an adult by his/her parents.A high achiever.Given and accepts more responsibility than the other children.
Usually college-bound.
Independent.
Affectionate.Slide19
Middle Child
May work extra-hard to get recognition.Is usually a peacemaker.
Is somewhat average in schoolwork, but is an all-around good student.Is usually a calm, even-tempered adult.Slide20
Youngest Child
Gets a lot of attention, along with a lot of bossing.May be spoiled.
Usually matures quickly.May be undisciplined and irresponsible.Is easy-going about school.Likes to associate with someone who takes charge of situations.Slide21
Sibling Rivalry
Competition among children of the same family for their parents’ affections or for dominance.
It can occur at any age, even into adult life.Next to the parent-child relationship, the sibling relationship is probably the strongest.Slide22
The Family Life CycleSlide23
Beginning Stage
Newly married couple without childrenSlide24
Parenting Stage
Children are born and parents care for their needs.Slide25
Launching Stage
Teens become independent and leave homeSlide26
Senior Stage
Parents adjust to being a couple again and enjoy more leisure activities or
change careers.Slide27
TV/Movie Family Wheel
Activity:
Choose a television family to use with this project.Divide your wheel into 8 sections. Individually number the edge sections of the plate #1 and ending #8.Slide28
TV/Movie Family
Wheel Project
Section #1 – Family Structure Album
(NOTE: This is just a TITLE section.)
Section #2 – Family Name & Type
EX: The Show: My Wife & Kids
Family Type: Nuclear Family
Section #3 - Members
Names of each member.
Section #4 - Members’ roles
What they do within the family (ex. Doctor, Lawyer, Oldest Child, etc.)
Section #5 - Family Life Cycle
Stage - explain
Section #6 - Family’s
Challenges – at least 2 challenges
Section #7 - Family’s
Advantages – at least 2 advantages
Section #8
-
Compare
this family to your family –
(
At least 2 likes and 2 differences)
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Section #1 – Family Structure
Album
(This is a TITLE section.)
Section #2 – Family Name & Type
EX: The Show: My Wife &
Kids
Family Type: Nuclear Family
Section #3 - Members Names of each member
Section #4 - Members’ roles
What they do within the
family
(ex
. Doctor, Lawyer, Oldest Child
etc.)
Section #5 - Family Life Cycle
Stage - explain
Section #6 - Family’s
Challenges – at least 2
Section #7 - Family’s
Advantages – at least 2
Section #8 -
Compare this family to your family –
(At least 2 likes and 2 differences)
Section #1 – Family Structure
Album
(This is a TITLE section.)
Section #2 – Family Name & Type
EX: The Show: My Wife & Kids
Family Type: Nuclear Family
Section #3 - Members
Names
of each member
Section #4 - Members’ roles
What they do within the family
(ex. Doctor, Lawyer, Oldest Child, etc.)
Section #5 - Family Life Cycle
Stage - explain
Section #6 - Family’s
Challenges – at least 2
Section #7 -
Family’s
Advantages – at least 2
Section #
8 -
Compare this family to your family –
(At least 2 likes and 2 differences)
TV/Movie Family Wheel Project
TV/Movie Family Wheel Project