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Family Connection
Family Connection
In this family connection lesson, students working with at least one family member will reflect on your own family identity, then consider what they can do to help people really see others for who they are.
In this family connection lesson, students working with at least one family member will reflect on your own family identity, then consider what they can do to help people really see others for who they are.
A) Look at some old family photos.
A) Look at some old family photos.
Use the Primary Source Analysis Tool with a family member to talk about: What You See, What You Think, and What You Wonder about the people in one or more of the old photos.
Use the Primary Source Analysis Tool with a family member to talk about: What You See, What You Think, and What You Wonder about the people in one or more of the old photos.
Download the Primary Source Analysis Tool by clicking the "PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS TOOL" button below:
Download the Primary Source Analysis Tool by clicking the "PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS TOOL" button below:
OBSERVE
OBSERVE
Describe what you see.
What do you notice first?
What people and objects are shown?
How are they arranged?
What is the physical setting?
What, if any, words do you see?
What other details can you see?
REFLECT
REFLECT
Some questions to consider:
Why do you think this image was made?
What’s happening in the image?
When do you think it was made?
Who do you think was the audience for this image?
What tools were used to create this?
What can you learn from examining this image?
What’s missing from this image?
If someone made this today, what would be different?
What would be the same?
QUESTION
QUESTION
What do you wonder about...
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
How?
FURTHER INVESTIGATION:
FURTHER INVESTIGATION:
What more do you want to know, and how can you find out?
What more do you want to know, and how can you find out?
B) Together, watch one of the six videos below.
B) Together, watch one of the six videos below.
- Talk about how the video made you feel.
- Talk about what a person can do to help people really see others for who they are.
Kill the Indian, Save the Man Native American Boarding Schools
California First State to End School Segregation Mendez v. Westminster
60 Years On, A Look Back at the Little Rock Nine
Ruby Bridge’s Historic Leadership In Civil Rights At The Age Of 6
Sal Castro and Students talking about the East LA Walkouts
Malala Yousafzai, Activist
Student Reflection
Student Reflection
- Who were the family members you spoke with about this Our American Voice topic?
- What was the most interesting or important thing that you learned from your discussion?
Follow the directions provided by your teacher for submitting your work.
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