Complete the Student Autobiography Worksheet form about your family’s background (all that you know or can find out).

Complete the Student Autobiography Worksheet form about your family’s background (all that you know or can find out).

Combine the answers from the worksheet into a 350- to 700-word statement defining your complex identity.

Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

 

Answer the following questions about your family’s background OR a family of your choice (all that you know or can find out).

 

·         When did your/their family(ies) come to the U.S.?

 

 

 

 

·         From where did your/their family(ies) come?

 

 

 

 

·         Do you trace your/their family heritage to more than one country outside the U.S.? Which countries?

 

 

 

 

·         What language(s) did your/their relatives speak?

 

 

·         Do you or any of your/their relatives speak a non-English language? Which language(s)?

 

 

 

 

·         Were you or any of your or their family being researched have family that was adopted? How has this impacted your/their ability to know your/their family’s history?

 

 

 

 

·         To which race(s) or ethnic group(s) do your/their ancestors belong?

 

 

 

 

·         How do you define your/their racial/ethnic identity?

 

 

 

 

·         Are you/they a first-generation American?

 

 

·         If you/they have any Native American heritage, know someone else who does, or find a celebrity that does, please answer the three questions below:

 

o   Do you/they have some Native American heritage (or Amerindian heritage from other countries in the Americas)?  From which tribe(s) is this heritage?  Be as specific as possible.

 

 

 

 

o   Are you/they a formal member of the tribe(s)?

 

 

 

 

o   Do you consider your/their identity Native American? If so, to which tribe(s) do you belong?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Combine these answers into a statement (350 to 700 words) defining your/their complex identity.

 

Hispanic background if possible if not a family of choice