Activity One: The Goodman Family

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Activity One – ‘The Goodman family’

1. Get into groups of four.
2. Each group will be given a set of family cards.
3. Draw a family tree using the information on the cards. Nominate 1 student in each group to do the drawing. Each family member must be named in the tree.
4. You have 20 minutes to complete this task.
5. Then present the family tree to the class.

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