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What did your family do for entertainment? What sports were played or enjoyed as spectators?
Who visited your family often? Who did you visit? What did family or friends do during visits?
Tell me about the children's favorite outdoor games? Tell me about the children's favorite indoor games?
What were some favorite rhymes, chants, jokes, or songs you remember?
What was considered "lucky" or "unlucky" in your family? What family "luck" stories have you heard? What trips did your family take? What form of transportation did you use? Why? What family trip do you remember best?
What holidays or festivals did your family celebrate? What holidays were most important? Why?
How were these holidays celebrated? What was "traditional" about these celebrations? What new ways did your family "invent" to celebrate the holiday?
How were special times like birthdays, anniversaries, new jobs, etc. celebrated?
How and where were marriages, funerals, christenings, bar mitzvahs and other "once-in-a-lifetime" celebrations held?
Does your family hold reunions? Who organizes them? Who comes?
What usually happens at the reunions or other get-togethers?
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From Toward a Better Balance: Curriculum Guide for Multicultural Education, Susan K. Donley (Pittsburgh: Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center, 1988) ©1988 Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Used by permission.