1000-word argument for a claim of value connecting individual identity and family heritage. To help you develop your claim of value think through questions such as these:

• How are people’s identities shaped by their surrounding familial and cultural traditions?
• How uniform and valued/cherished is your family history?

In order to support your claim of value, you’ll need to include a variety of sources and perspectives. Incorporate the following into your paper:

• your first-hand experiences
• evidence gathered from stories in this module
• researched scholarly insight into family and self-identity