Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.4A Grade 4 CPI 4

 

Standard: 2.4 - Human Relationships & Sexuality

 

Strand: A - Relationship

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator:  4 -   The student will discuss how culture and tradition influence personal and family development.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·     WHY FAMILIES? - Students develop a list of reasons why there are families and develop a graphic organizer to frame the discussion. Students complete a journal entry entitled “The Best Things About My Family.” Variation: Relate the discussion of families to those in literature. Are today’s families like those described in books? Why or why not?

 

      Variation: Students research changes in families across time (e.g., colonial families, immigrant families, Native American families). Compare different types of families to modern families.

 

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