Family Scenarios Webquest

Choose one of the following situations to develop your marriage and family case study. Once you choose a situation, you will use and reuse it throughout the term. Name the people in your scenario and write a paragraph filling in the details their lives.

Instructions
As you complete later modules, continue filling in the details of the stories as is appropriate for the topic of the module In future modules, you will be directed to seek resources that might assist your characters Whenever possible incorporate content from the textbook At the end of the class, suggest an appropriate ending for the story. Stick with the same basic scenario through all the assignment options related to this activity.

Scenario #1
He is high school senior with plans to attend college in another state She is high school junior with very protective parents Each is trying to clarify values related to becoming sexually active should the opportunity arise

Scenario #2
She is a college student He has just passed the bar exam and has a time-consuming job in a local law firm He would like to have a baby soon after he marries She would like to work several years before she begins a family

Scenario #3
He is single parent father but would like to find a new partner His ex-wife is not interested in the child and rarely keeps her appointments to visit or take her daughter on outings However, she is very jealous when she hears that he has been out on a date.

Scenario #4
She is a professional who works lots of hours on her job She does not drink or smoke and hates the bar scene for meeting possible partners She has been emailing a man she met on the internet for 6 months and is curious about meeting him.

Scenario #5
She is a sixtysomething widow who lives on social security and a small pension He is a late sixties retired widower Both have grown children who do not support new relationships for their parents

Scenario #6
Newly weds who met and married within a month Both are employed but in different cities Parents on both sides generally approve but refuse to take sides or provide any financial support

Scenario #7
He is a newly naturalized citizen from Pakistan He is widower with one daughter (pictured in green) She is divorced mother of four She is housewife He is computer specialist

Scenario #8
Both had previous partners Only one has come out to parents and coworkers Both are employed but one is professional and other works in sales at a department store