This lesson ties in many aspects of identity and diversity to feature the fact that all families are normal and come in all shapes and sizes. Frank visits some very interesting families with adopted kids to mixed-ethnicity families to the Solomon family, with a stay-at-home-musical-instrument-inventor-street-performer dad.
This lively, upbeat presentation helps primary level students understand what a family is, and shows the family as an important part of every person’s life. Students see that families work together, play together, learn from each other, celebrate together, and help one another.
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The Proud Family. Family Album.
Be a history detective. Go back in time and investigate the daily lives of the Daggetts, a colonial family from northeastern Connecticut. Collect clues to uncover answers to 7 questions about colonial life in the 1700s. Then prove your skills as a history detective by discovering "What's wrong with this picture?"
The Borgias were a group of talented men and women whose spectacular rise in Renaissance Italy aroused much envy and hatred among their contemporaries.
The Japanese Imperial family is the oldest hereditary monarchy in the world. The family's lineage dates back to the sixth century BC, though the title of Tenno (emperor) or Sumera-Mikoto (heavenly sovereign) was assumed by rulers in the sixth or seventh century and has been used since. The family crest (above) is the kiku, or chrysanthemum
Families from the past. Family photo album.
Where a child places in the birth order can have an effect on how he sees himself. Research on birth order, sometimes referred to as ordinal position, shows that first born children are more likely to go to college than children in any other position in the family. Parents should attempt to help each child to see themselves as unique individuals and avoid comparisons with siblings or others.