• Using the following table as an example, ask kids to compare their lives to that of characters shown on a TV sitcom of their choice. Make up your own appropriate categories.

• Have the kids create a proposal for a sitcom which they would like to watch. One which would reflect their reality. See example below.

My TV show:
The narrator would be a 13-year-old girl of mixed race, whose best friend is a boy. Like in The Wonder Years you would hear her inner voice, her conscience talking. She would hang out with lots of different kids, from different races and backgrounds. She deals with peer pressure, conflicts with friends and jealousy because she gets good grades at school. At home, her mother is strict, she has a lot of brothers and sisters and lots of chores. Her best friend is a boy and they talk about their dreams, their goals and their problems. They also learn a lot about other ethnic groups from the other kids in the neighborhood.