My Mother’s Side
My Mother’s Side
My Mother’s Side:
I would like for you to look at your past and your family members and think about which half of your family is closest to their ethnic roots (MY MOTHER’S SIDE). Once decided you can start down the road of discovery.
Research the reasoning and ideas that are part of that ethnic or racial or religious group that you identify with (MEXICAN-AMERICAN AND CATHOLIC 22 YEAR OLD WOMAN) to give the reader of your work an idea why, where or when some of these customs began and possible rationales for them (FROM MY MEXICAN CATHOLIC FAMILY). This work should portray your experiences along with the group that you identify with, and the comfort level and possible deviation to that grand scheme you or your family has experienced, when dealing with death or dying.
Your work should:
- be three (3) pages (excluding the title, abstract and reference pages)
- be typed according to APA style for margins, formatting and spacing standards
- have at least three sources of which at least two are from peer reviewed journals
- be typed into a Microsoft Word document, save the file, and then upload the file
Sociocultural Aspects
Learning Activities
Activity: Additional Questions for Self-awareness Exercise
My Life History of Death: A Timeline
This activity can be a tool for further exploration of the personal attitudes you hold toward death. It might also be useful in (a) identifying your personal issues surrounding unresolved grief, and (b) examining your own pattern of grieving. Take a moment to recall the earlier activity, My First Recollection of Death. Next, look at the timeline that appears in this activity. At either end of the timeline, fill in your date of birth and the current date. Then make a series of vertical lines across it for each death that affected you and write the name of who or what died in chronological order. Ask yourself the list of questions in turn for each death and write down your answers on a separate piece of paper.
Date of Birth: _ 01/25/00 | Current Date: _ 9/18/22
· How did you feel? I felt devastated and hopeless when my grandfather passed away.
· How did you act? I acted strong and supportive for my family.
· How did other people seem to feel? Other people felt sad too.
· How did others act? They acted sad and cried and hugged a lot.
· How did members of your family react to the death? My family members’ reaction to the death was full of surprise.
Look at your timeline. Think about your personal pattern of feeling and acting in response to significant deaths in your life.
Do you feel that your pattern was a healthy one?
NO ______, YES ______. If no, explain.
Did the pattern of feeling and acting change over time?
NO ______, YES __ ____. If yes, explain.
Yes, over time my family and I came to accept the death. We were still sad but found peace in reminiscing about all the good times.
Considering the deaths you identified on your timeline, do you experience any unresolved grief reactions to them at the current time? NO __ ____, YES ______. If yes, explain.
Reprinted from: Donald P. Irish, Kathleen F. Lundquist, Vivian Jenkins Nelsen, eds. Ethnic variations in dying, death, and grief: diversity in universality” Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis, 1993. Permission: Taylor & Francis Group.
