The goal of this exercise is to compare people's attitudes about the American Dream with their experiences of upward mobility at the turn of the 21st century. Crosstabulation will be used.
This flyer is an authentic resource to promote a family day in the city of Oaxaca., Mexico. It can be used to pull cognates from or to compare to something similar to that of another culture.
This resource allows students to read several paragraphs about a family and decide based on their comprehension, who is who in the pictured family. The activity itself is self-explanatory. Students will read the reading and decide who is who based on the descriptions given.
A possible way to use this in class is to remove the image of the family or have a blank silhouette of the family. The students then would need to draw in what each family member looks like based on the reading and comprehension level.
Another way to use this resource would be for students to bring in a photo of their own family and recreate a similar reading based on the physical descriptions of those in their own family.
French Vocabulary - Family (detailed)
The article first introduces an overview of close and extended family members in French, then clarifies some of the common misconceptions and differences between the English and French expressions. Finally, it presents a sample dialogue on the topic of family.
This task asks students to read short passages about an imaginary Hispanic family and answer comprehension questions in a multiple choice format. Questions and answers are in English. As an extension activity, students write about themselves and their family members. A reflection is included in which students indicate how well they understood the passages and whether reading Spanish passages first about family helped them write about their own family. Students are also asked to indicate what they still need or would like to know about the family in Spanish. The task is appropriate for Level 1 Spanish students.
This flyer is an authentic resource to promote a family day in the city of Oaxaca., Mexico. It can be used to pull cognates from or to compare to something similar to that of another culture.
The activities in this lesson are designed for students to process information on diversity in family structures presented in one segment of the film That's a Family!