SOC 262 WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT 2

Assignment 2

Student Autobiography Worksheet

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.

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Student Autobiography Worksheet

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:

• 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.

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

• 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.