Name ______________________________________ Block ___________ Seat ____
Your Assigned Developmental stage: ____ Late Adulthood __________ Due _________
Objective : Each student will gain an understanding of the developmental stages of the human, from infancy thru late adulthood, and be able to share their culture with the rest of the class by displaying their doll in the classroom.
I. You will be assigned a developmental stage (infancy, early childhood, late childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, or late adulthood).
II. You are to make a paper doll to resemble yourself at the developmental stage you are assigned.
III. On the back of your doll you will answer questions about your own cultural background.
Answer the following questions:
1. Ethnicity (race or nationality)?
2. Country of Origin (where your grandparents were born)?
3. Student's birth place (where you were born)?
4. Your family structure – nuclear family (mom, dad, brothers, sisters) or extended family
(step-siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles)?
5. The authoritative figure in the home
– matriarchal (Mom) or patriarchal (dad)?
6. Spiritual background and special religious practices?
7. Are there any special health beliefs or practices in your family?
8. Are there any significant beliefs related to death and burial?
IV. The project needs to be in the shape of a paper doll, approximately 8½ x11 and dressed for appropriate age group.
V. Include any characteristics that represent your stage of life (glasses, pimples, wrinkles, gray hair, etc.)
VI. You can use pictures of yourself or a relative as examples in creating the paper doll.
VII. Use creativity and imagination to make your doll realistic.
VIII. These will be displayed in the hallway.
IX. Research and ask questions about your family.
Part II - Each group will also research, in the textbook, your age group assigned:
1. The intellectual-cognitive development
2. The psycho-emotional development
3. Social development
4. The aspects of care for your age group assigned
Your group will present this information to the class. Each member needs to present information.
Also each member will present their paper doll and information.
Development stages for Presentation:
Infancy
Early Childhood
Pre-adolescence
Adolescence
Young Adulthood
Middle Adulthood
Late Adulthood
.

Name ______________________________________ Block ___________ Seat ____
Your Assigned Developmental stage: __ Late Adulthood __________ Due _________
Scoring
Criteria
10
Excellent
8
Good
6
Needs some
Improvement
4
Needs
Much
Improvement
2
No effort
Doll resembles the student at the developmental stage assigned
Creativity and imagination used to complete project
The paper doll included all required information (8)
Group report on development stage included all required information
Individual
Participation
Use of in class time
Turned in on time
Total _______________ Grade _______________
63-70 = A
56-62 = B
49-55 = C