Profa. Harcrow Ballou SHS Spring 2009.

Spanish II Midterm Family

Album Project. Day 1
Nombre: __________________________________
Fecha: el 16 de marzo 2009

HACER AHORA:
Read the two brief articles below and answer the questions that follow.
The Meaning of Family
Rebecca M. Cuevas De Caissie

Through all my travels thus far one of the things that seems to stand out to me the most
is the difference in perspective of Hispanic on family as opposed to other cultures.
Family in the Hispanic Culture is the center of our existence. We have a strong sense of
self that really is derived from our family and we embrace that. Within the Hispanic
Culture life's events are a time of family. We celebrate and suffer as a family. Children
are not looked upon as a burden that needs thinking and sacrifice to have. They are
looked upon as a blessing and something to be sought after and cherished. The same is
to be said of elders. They are like precious gems that everyone loves and adores as
opposed to someone who weighs down society and have little value. There is always
time for family, which in the Hispanic Culture may be said to be the true heartbeat of
who we really are.

What does it mean to come from a Hispanic Family? To know that from the day we are
born until the day we return to the womb as it were, we are treasured and valued. That
all the days of our life we belong and have meaning. To know that you are not burdening
your children as you age but that taking care of you gives them the same pleasure that
you found in taking care of them. To know that your head will always be lain in the
bosom of family and never in the hard cold embrace of strangers. To know that all the
days of your life will be filled with the pleasure and laughter that true love can only
bring. To look around you at the familiar faces and find peace and acceptance no matter
what the losses you face or the riches you gain. To know that along the path of life, each
step was anticipated, desired, accepted and shared. Yes it may be true that we do not
appear to be as individual and ambitious as those around us. Yes it is true also that we
may seem simple and easy going. What it also means is that deep in our inner most
being, we have embraced and come to peace through the knowledge that in family we
always have a place. That is our strength and the main reason why even though we have
colonized, for lack of a better term, other societies, we have never lost our culture. It is
the reason why we prosper against the odds that face us. It is the very reason why we
have the ability to come to a land with not but a shirt on our backs and find a way to
make a place that resembles home. It is because we remember the faces of our family.
We remember the ways of our family. We stay together as a family and help one another
to remember who we are. We are Hispanics, living amongst those who do not yet
understand who we are, but we do, thanks to our family.

QUESTIONS:
1. How important does the author feel family is to Hispanic culture?

2. How does the idea of family in Hispanic culture compare to your own idea of family?
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3. Do you think that having a strong sense of family is a good thing? Or is family more of
a burden than it is a support system?

One definition of 'family' doesn't exist today

BY VANESSA RENDERMAN
Times Columnist | Monday, November 17, 2008

I remember being in grade school and learning about family structures. Mine was like the
nuclear family in the textbook picture -- a mom, dad, brother and sister.

It took a while to learn everyone's family picture is different.

Grandparents are raising grandchildren. Aunts and uncles take in nieces and nephews.
Single women are raising children on their own, and so are single men.

I was talking to some of my friends about the definition of "family." A lot of them said the
same thing: a family is a group of people who love one another.

Almost all of them said they consider their friends as family members.

Military, police and firefighters refer to themselves as brothers. They're a family.

Church congregations call each other brothers and sisters. That's a family, too.

A family isn't having a dad at the head of the table with an apron-wearing mom taking a
meatloaf out of the oven as two kids finish their homework. It could be a grandfather
walking his grandkids from school or a friend driving a single mom-to-be to the hospital
to give birth.

A family is love.

QUESTIONS:
4. What is the “traditional” view of a nuclear family?

5. How does your family compare to the traditional concept of family?

6. What does family mean to you? Do you agree that family is love? Or is family
something else?
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Hacer Ahora: Participation: Behavior:

_______________ _______________ _______________

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Concept of Family
According to the article, how does the Hispanic community view family?

How do you think the community of which you belong (Ballou or otherwise) views family?

What is the “traditional” view of a nuclear family?

How do you personally view family?

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To what view is your family most similar? (to the “Hispanic” culture view of family, to the
Ballou community’s view of family, to the “traditional” view of a nuclear family)

Class Notes: Family Album Project

As we go over the rubric for the family album project, answer the following questions for
class credit.

1. When is your family album project due?

2. What are you required to present in class on Friday, March 20th?

3. How many points is your Family Album worth?

4. If you are on task this week in class and receive at least 80% for classwork,
behavior and participation what will your reward be?

5. Are late projects accepted?

6. How far back does your family tree need to go?

7. How many of “the favorites” do you have to write about yourself?

8. How many of “the favorites” do you have to write about your family members?

9. How many family members must you profile in your Family Album?

10. Do pages 8-12 have to be written in Spanish?

11. Who do you need to interview for Page 10?

12. Is page 12 mandatory?

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13. If you meet all the requirements, will you get a 100?

14. Where can you find resources if you do not know the answer to a questions
for your Family Album? (List all 5)

Making A Family Tree:

As a class we are going to fill in the Amy’s Family Tree on the preceding page, based on
the sentences below:
Hola me llamo Amy.
Mi madre es Debbie.
Mi padre es Sid.
Dave es mi hermano.
Jean es la madre de mi madre. Jean es mi abuela.
Joseph es el padre de mi madre. Joseph es mi abuelo.
Ruth es la madre de mi padre. Ruth es mi abuela.
Stanley es el padre de mi padre. Stanley es mi abuelo.
Janice es la hija de Joseph y Jean. Janice tiene una hija. Janice es mi tía.
John es el esposo de Janice. John es mi tío.
Linda y Judy son las hijas de Joseph y Jean. Linda tiene dos hijos. Judy tiene un hijo y una
hija. Linda y Judy son mis tías.
Ron es el esposo de Linda. Ron es mi tío.
Keith es el esposo de Judy. Keith es mi tío.
Ramona es la hija de Stanley y Ruth. Ramona tiene dos hijos. Ramona es mi tía.
Don es el esposo de Ramona. Don es mi tío.
Becky es la hija de Stanley y Ruth. Becky tiene dos hijas. Becky es mi tía.
Donald es el esposo de Becky. Donald es mi tío.
Kevin y Brian son los hijos de Linda y Ron. Kevin y Brain son mis primos.
Emily es la hija de Judy y Keith. Emily es mi prima.
Parker es el hijo de Judy y Keith. Parker es mi primo.
Haley es la única hija de Janice y John. Haley es mi prima.
Dale y Richard son los hijos de Ramona y Don. Dale y Richard son mis primos.
Kim y Gwendolyn son las hijas de Becky y Donald. Kim y Gwendolyn son mis primas.

Tips for making your own FAMILY TREE:

1. Make a ROUGH DRAFT FIRST:
*Start with yourself, then add your parents and your siblings.
*Add your grandparents, and then add their children (your aunts/uncles)
*Then add in your aunts/uncles spouses.
*Then add the children of your aunts and uncles (your cousins)
*Finally add in your nieces, nephews, and/or children.
2. After you have it mapped out, then MAKE A FINAL DRAFT. Decide how many people
need to be in each line (generation) to determine the spacing.
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ADIOS:
Classwork:
1. Did you complete Adios:
your family tree today in class?
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2. Did you complete _______________
at least an outline of pages one and two for your family album?
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3. What is your HOMEWORK tonight?