I chose to focus on the myth of the American family. Some of these images illustrate how the American family was supposed to be and other images show that it is, indeed, a myth. I have included both documents that support and demonstrate how the idea of the traditional/classic American family came to be so well known and I have included documents that undermine it and point out some gaping holes in it.

 Throughout my blog, we spot different images from old TV shows, film clips, and advertisements that create the image of the "classic American family." These images, while at one time thought to be accurate depictions of what family looked like, really expose just how many groups, communities and individuals were excluded from such ideas. Basically, if you didn't fit into one or all of the standards shown and advertised, you were not considered a classic American family. It unfortunately, threw the majority of people into a weird limbo where they were not thought to be anything.

I also chose to include images from a contemporary TV show, Modern Family, because it pointed out just how many different types of individuals and communities of people are, realistically in a family how it contradicted the myth. The show includes, a blended family, different races, homosexual couples and adoption.  It helps to verify that what used to be the image of the American family is both untrue and unrealistic.