Taking Action in Your Community
18. Conduct an interview with an older adult in your community
such as a grandparent or neighbor. Find out how family roles
and responsibilities have changed since their youth. Create a
presentation or write a report of your fi ndings. Be prepared to
present your fi ndings in class.
Practicing Career Readiness
19. Reliable Research Strategies. Employ valid and reliable research
strategies as they apply to current statistics on types of family
structures living in the United States. Create a chart displaying the
results. While researching, identify the source of information, the
author, any possible author bias, the publisher, and the quality of
the source of your information. Prepare your fi ndings in a brief
report and include the sources of information.
Linking to FCCLA
20. To learn more about how families function and how
to build strong families, join with your peers to
complete the activities in the fi rst unit of the FCCLA Families First
program, Families Today. (See your FCCLA adviser for information
as needed.)
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