What music would soundtrack the life of you or your family tree? Create a playlist. You may choose to use your preferred music app, write your songs on paper, or even add them to your genogram.Īs you craft your playlist, consider these questions:
Preferred music app, paper and writing utensils, or your genogram.
Consider whether you’d like to engage in a few iterations of this step to explore various elements of your family tree! Genre Activity How might you reflect both blood family and chosen family with your genogram?ĭepending on your approach, your genogram will likely look much more layered than a typical family tree.Where does your genealogy have missing pieces?.What shared or distinct identities might you wish to explore or highlight in your genogram? How will you indicate these?.In what ways might your own genogram reflect the way you understand and think about gender, relationships, and family structures? Our understanding of things like gender and relationships has evolved since. Genograms were invented in the mid-1980s.What positive experiences might you want to highlight between people on your genogram? In many ways genograms encourage us to think about trauma and challenges within a family system.Are there any family members you can talk with to learn more about the relationships and experiences in your family tree?.Is there a particular generation or part of your family tree you would like to focus on?.This Wikipedia page has some helpful keys to use however, you should feel free to create your own! After you craft your key, begin making your genogram. Using the keys above, you can trace the various family members and their relationships to one another. Here is an example of a completed genogram. Emotional relationships key courtesy of Wikipedia. Genogram symbols key courtesy of Wikipedia. Below, you will see two examples of genogram keys: one depicting family members and life events, the other depicting relationships. Paper and writing utensils of multiple colors, or digital art-making tools (like Canva or a Jamboard).Ī genogram is a kind of family tree that enables you to get specific about events, relationships, and challenges that have appeared in the branches of your family.Though intended as a pair, the following two sections may be completed separately as desired. In this pre-show activity, we invite you to consider the intersection of music and the story of your own family lineage. These songs help us understand the complex experiences of Oedipus and his family. The songs in Gospel serve to drive the plot, access powerful emotions, and bring the audience on a rich journey of conflict, grief, and redemption. The Gospel at Colonus is a fresh reimagination of a Greek play, using music as a powerful storytelling tool. Court Theatre & The University of ChicagoĪeriel Williams and Kelvin Roston Jr.Learning Guides and Content Collections.University of Chicago Students, Faculty & Staff.