HHS4M Indiv. & Fam.

In Diverse Societies
Unit 1 – The History of the Family Assignment

Family Timeline
Pairs Assignment

PURPOSE: The transition to the diversity of modern families has evolved throughout history. You will
develop a time line to illustrate the transition of the main groupings from hunter-gatherer families to
contemporary Canadian families.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Part 1: Create a visual timeline of families over time to be displayed for the class during a Gallery
Walk. Be sure to label the family group (i.e. hunter-gather) & era, and provide a description.

Part 2: Choose one historical family group and write two corresponding letters between you and
your partner from either a father or mother’s perspective explaining to his or her children the roles of
the family members.

OR Choose one historical family group and create a story board (in poster form to be shown to the
class) from the perspective of the mother or father illustrating the daily roles of the family members

Part 3:
You will include a written overview describing the following:

• A - Your contribution to the project

• B - Other people’s contribution (or lack of) on the project

• C-What you learned from this experience about:

1) working with others in a group

2) your historical family group (or contemporary) – be sure
HHS4M Indiv. & Fam. In Diverse Societies
Unit 1 – The History of the Family Assignment
to discuss the structure of the family, use terms related
to this era and family type and the psychological and
economical functions, etc. pertaining to your family era

DUE DATE:

_____________________

Marking Scheme – Family Timeline TOTAL

_____/ 40
Name: _______________________________

Part 1 - TIMELINE

Labels and titles are used properly _____ / 1

Family group, era & description are thorough and accurate _____ / 6

Timeline is organized and visually appealing _____ / 2

Grammar, spelling and mechanics are used properly _____ / 1

_____ / 10
Part 2 – LETTERS

Communicates information and ideas clearly with specific

roles of family members and the era they belong to accurately _____ / 8

Grammar, spelling and mechanics are used properly _____ / 2 _____ / 10

Optional: STORY BOARD

See Rubric _____ / 10

HHS4M Indiv. & Fam. In Diverse Societies
Unit 1 – The History of the Family Assignment
Part 3 – Individual Written
All sections are complete (A, B, C) _____ / 3

Participated fully and communicated well with group _____ / 5

Describes strengths/weaknesses regarding group work (part C, a) _____ / 2

Communicates information and ideas clearly with specific

reference to economic changes and family needs and functions
when discussing the family era (part C, b) _____ / 4

Grammar, spelling and mechanics are used properly _____ / 1 ______ / 15

Part 4 – PROFFESSIONALISM
Handed in the assignment on time _____ / 5
date submitted
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Unit 1 – The History of the Family Assignment

Storyboard Rubric

CATEGOR
4 3 2 1
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The storyboard
The storyboard visually The storyboard visually
visually follows the The storyboard
follows the daily follows the daily
Visual activities of the family, activities of the family,
daily activities of the visually follows the
repr family, visually telling daily activities,
visually telling the roles visually telling the roles
the roles from the visually telling the
ese from the parental from the parental
parental perspective roles with a low
perspective with perspective with
ntati exceptional accuracy. significant accuracy.
with sufficient degree of accuracy.
on accuracy. Labels are Poor use of labels
Labels are exceptionally Labels are detailed and
sufficiently detailed and/or symbols.
detailed and clear. clear.
and clear..
Storyboard depicts Storyboard depicts
Storyboard depicts Storyboard depicts
mostly all of the some of the family
all of the family only a few family
Completion members’ roles in
family members’ member’s roles
member roles
roles with significant with sufficient
exceptional detail. lacking in detail.
detail. detail
Presentation has a Presentation has a Presentation has
couple of few several
Presentation has no
misspellings / misspellings / grammatical
Spelling and obvious misspellings
grammatical errors, grammatical and/or spelling
Grammar or
but does not take errors, but does errors which takes
grammatical errors.
away from the not take away from away from the
presentation. the presentation. presentation.

The storyboard is
presented The storyboard is The storyboard is
in an interesting, presented presented The storyboard is
Creative professional form in an interesting in an orderly form presented
presentation with obvious form with a good but with little with little effort.
preparedness and effort. effort.
effort.

Project includes most

material needed to
gain
Project includes all
a comfortable Project is lacking
material needed to Project is missing
understanding of the several key
gain more
Effectiveness a clear
time period chosen;
than two key
elements
another key element and has
understanding of the elements.
could have been inaccuracies.
time period chosen.
used to demonstrate
the time period more
effectively.

TOTAL / 10