Movie Family Analysis
Submit by 2359 Sunday of Week 1.
|Name: | |Date: | |
Overview
Choose a movie from the provided list. Watch the movie, focusing specifically on the family unit featured in the film. Compare and contrast the movie family’s characteristics and behaviors to the assessment criteria introduced in the class notes and readings from the textbook. Address each characteristic including specific examples from the movie to validate your analysis. You must use references (textbook, class notes, others), and these must be cited throughout your paper. Submit your analysis in this document, typed using APA format (double-spaced). Limit is five (5) content pages.
Choose one of these movies:
Father of the Bride
Steel Magnolias
It’s a Wonderful Life
Mrs. Doubtfire
Field of Dreams
Yours, Mine & Ours
Mr. Holland’s Opus
Cinderella
The Horse Whisperer
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Sound of Music
Stepmom
Run Away Bride I am Sam The Notebook
The Last Song
Objectives
• Explore developmental characteristics of the family as a unit across the lifespan. • Examine health patterns and practices transmitted across generations.
Rubric
NOTE: All assignments must be submitted on time. Assignments submitted after the deadline will be accepted with a penalty of 10% of the total possible points for EACH DAY that the assignment is late.
|Movie Family Assessment |Target |Acceptable |Unacceptable |
| |50 points max |At least 37 points |Less than 32 points |
|Introduction |Introduction is present and forecasts |Introduction is present and forecasts |Introduction is present , sketchy, or |