Directions: In a six slide PowerPoint presentation, address the questions below. If you do not have PowerPoint, you may write your information in a Word document (Slide 1: Slide 2: etc.) If you are not comfortable writing about your family you may present on a TV family or public figure.
SLIDE 1: Share a photo of your family
SLIDE 2: Summarize the key demographic factors of your family members (ages, gender, marital status etc.)
SLIDE 3: Apply terms from our readings to your family composition (extended, nuclear, blended etc.)
SLIDE 4: Describe why family is important to you
SLIDE 5: Describe an issue of family relationships (divorce, role conflict, illness etc.).
SLIDE 6: Apply one of the three sociological perspectives to the issue from Slide 5 (Conflict Theory, Functionalism, or Symbolic Interactionism)
If you are not comfortable writing about your family you may present on a TV family or public figure.