"Our Changing Families" A Conversation Guide

After viewing "Our Changing Families," here are some conversation prompts to use with your students:

Family identity

• When you were growing up, who did you consider the members of your family?
• What was your family structure? How was it the same or different from the other families in your community?
• Are there families that aren’t represented here?

Talking about our changing families:

• Why is it important to educate our children about different types of families?
• Why does it matter how adults react to different types of families?
• How can we teach children to support and appreciate their friends with different types of families?
• What can we do with children who are unsure about their own family structure? How can we build their self-pride regardless of family structure?

Conversation Starters after Salvador’s Story: (4:20)

• Is there a time when you went out in public, at a restaurant, where you felt out of place?
• Questions around representation in the media?

Ethnicity, Culture:

• What are ways we can normalize differences around race and culture?
• Why do you want to be a teacher?
• What ideas have you come up with about how to help your future students develop pride?