Faith Curricula Library: Tapestry of Faith: Families: A Jr. High School Youth Program that Explores the Diversity, Commonality, and Meaning of Families

Alternate Activity 2: What Makes A Family?

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Part of Families, Jr. High School

Activity time: 5 minutes

Materials for Activity

  • Newsprint and markers

Description of Activity

Ask the group: “So, what makes a family?” Ask a volunteer to help list attributes on newsprint. Remind participants that you will be exploring this question together in the weeks ahead. Save the newsprint for use in Session 7, Families Function: Families Work.