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| Title | Family Tree Activities |
| Body | The following ideas were posted to the FLTEACH listserv during a recent discussion on how to design a family tree activity with sensitivity regarding students who may not feel comfortable talking about their families. ---- Family trees can be cartoon characters, different kinds of cars, superheroes, and do not need to reflect the student's actual family at all. The point is to learn the different possible family members. Some kids want to talk about their own and use actual photographs, and that may horrify others, but it all depends on how you present the project. When we do this project, I like to encourage kids to create their own imaginary family (would you like to have Johnny Depp or Carmen Diaz as your older brother/sister/cousin? Does Uncle Fester from the Addams Family sound like a good relative to have? Maybe 50 cent is your dad.) There are a lot of ways around one's own family problems, and I can relate. As a child, mine would have been problematic, too. Twedt, L. Re: family trees. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (25 Sept. 2005). ---- I did something very similar to this--gave the kids magazines to find pictures of people to use--and the kids loved being able to choose their own relatives. Pongracic, C. Re: family trees. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (25 Sept. 2005). ---- Just keep them away from the National Geographics! I once had a student use "natives" to represent his mother and grandmother. Luckily, the students had a good sense of humor. Freeman, M.A. Re: family trees. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (26 Sept. 2005). |
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