Post Activities

Here are a few suggestions for follow-up activities upon completion of this cultural unit.

1. Have students create a short interview asking questions about family structure and activities that they do together. Students should interview classmates and report their findings to the class.

2. Have students write a compare/contrast essay. Students should note similarities and differences between Mexican families and their own.

3. Have students role play a situation as a family in Mexico. The students can take turns acting out situations from the website, such as a family eating together or a family in the park. They can also take turns acting out the different characters in the situations.

4. Students can do further research on families in Mexico. For example, some students may be interested in the number of single-parent households, or teenagers who have to work. There is an endless number of possiblilities of topics relating to Mexican families. It is encouraged to allow the students to choose their own topic relative to the main idea of families in Mexico. Results can be in the form of a written or oral presentation.

5. Have students create a real, or imaginary, family tree on posterboard to be displayed around the room. They should include all of the family vocabulary presented, and extra credit can be given for the inclusion of extra words not presented in the unit. The trees should be of the students's families, but they can make up family members and use imaginary pictures. The more creative the better. The goal is to include all of the family vocabulary in relation to the students in a creative and enjoyable way for the students. Posterboard is recommended to use for the trees, and they can be displayed around the room.

The possibilities are endless, have fun with it!!!!!