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 * Title:** Families are Different and the Same


 * Grade Level:** K-3

For students to appreciate that each family is unique and that we must value the differences in others.
 * Goal:**

The student will:
 * Objectives:**
 * Identify the ways families the same and different.
 * Complete a Venn diagram, identifying similarities and differences between traditional families and non-traditional families.


 * Materials/Technology:**
 * //The Family Book// by Todd Parr
 * SmartBoard, laptop, document camera, and projector
 * Laptops for each student
 * Kidspiration and [[file:VennFamilies.kid]] template.


 * Teacher Preparation:**
 * **1.** || Obtain and familiarize yourself with //The Family Book// by Todd Parr. ||
 * **2.** || Familiarize yourself with Kidspiration . If you do not have access to Kidspiration program, then print a copy of the Venn diagram for each student. ||

NOTE: In place of using technology, you can create a large Venn diagram on poster paper and use Post-it notes in which to write the characteristics of the two types of families.
 * Instructional Procedures:**
 * 1) Use the document camera to project the book, //The Family Book// by Todd Parr. Read aloud the book. This book celebrates all families. Parr includes adopted families, step-families, one-parent families, and families with two parents of the same sex, as well as the traditional nuclear family. Each page contains one sentence about families. For example, midway through the book we read, "Some families live near each other." The opposing page counters with, "Some families live far from each other." Here we see two colorful, alien space families on opposite planets. In addition to living conditions, habits, and physical appearances, Parr also discusses different family structures. "Some families have a stepmom or stepdad and stepsisters or stepbrothers," while "some families have two moms or two dads." While we learn that families can be quite different from one another, we also learn that families share some things in common. "All families," writes Parr, "are sad when they lose someone they love," and "all families can help each other be strong!"
 * 2) Students open the [[file:VennFamilies.kid]] template in Kidspiration on their laptops and discuss what a Venn diagram is and what each section represents.
 * 3) Have students use //The Family Book// and other books about families (see resources) to complete the diagram. Students will type the unique characteristics of a traditional family and non-traditional family. Then type the shared attributes in the center of the diagram.
 * 4) When students are finished they will print and post the Venn diagrams.

Aldrich, A. (2003) //How My Family Came to Be- Daddy, Papa and Me//. New York: New Family Press.
 * Resources:**

Gordon, S. (2000) //All Families Are Different.// New York: Prometheus Books.

Kroll, V. (1994) //Beginnings: How Families Come to Be//. Morton Grove: Albert Whitman & Company.

Parr, Todd. (2003) //The Family Book//. New York: Little Brown and Company.

Simon, N. (1976) //All Kinds of Families//. Morton Grove: Albert Whitman & Company.