Famous Adoptees
Two time gold medalist in the individual all-around Summer Olympic Games
Who is Simone Biles
Musical about an orphan girl who dreams of not living "the hard knock life"
What is Annie
Before modern adoption systems, many children lived in these institutions.
What are orphanages?
This is the legal process of becoming a child’s parent, even though you didn’t give birth to them.
What is adoption?
True or False: Adopted children can be just as loved and supported as biological children.
Who is Kristin Chenoweth
In this movie, Agnus, Edith, and Margo are adopted by an unlikely father as a cold strategic move to further his evil plans to steal the moon.
Despicable Me
In the 1800s and early 1900s, children were often sent by train from crowded cities to live with families in rural America.
This term refers to the parents who raise an adopted child day-to-day.
Who are adoptive parents?
True or False: Adoption always means there is no contact at all between birth families and adoptive families.
What is False?
2017 Dancing With the Star winner, American actor, singer, and dancer. Appearing in Teen Beach Movie, Liv and Maddie, and was John Ambrose in To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Who is Jordan Fisher
This 2008 movie follows the journey of a Dragon Warrior and the furious five by overcoming his clumsiness and self-doubt
What is Kung Fu Panda
This time period after World War II saw many babies placed for adoption, especially when unmarried women were pressured to give up their children.
What is the Baby Scoop Era?
An adoption where the child and adoptive parents have contact with the child’s original family is called this.
What is an open adoption?
True of False: Some adopted children know they are adopted from a very young age.
What is True?
American actor, comedian, singer, and film producer. He gained his career breakthrough as a featured player in the sketch comedy show In Living Color from 1991 to 1994. Best known for portrayal of Ray Charles in Ray (2004).
Embarking on the journey of starting a family, Pete and Ellie explore foster care adoption and anticipate welcoming one child into their home. However, their plans change dramatically when they unexpectedly find themselves parenting three siblings, including a teenage girl with a defiant streak.
What is Instant Family
This U.S. law was passed to protect Native American families and keep indigenous children connected to their tribes whenever possible.
What is the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)?
When a child is adopted from another country, it’s known as this type of adoption.
What is international adoption?
True or False: Most people who place a child for adoption do so only because they did not love the child.
What is False?
American rapper, songwriter, record producer and record executive. "Ope, there goes Rabbit, he choked, he's so mad But he won't give up that easy, no, he won't have it"
Four Asian American friends on a wild international trip that spirals into outrageous misadventures, becoming a journey of self-discovery, identity, and friendship
What is Joy Ride
This international agreement helps make sure children adopted across countries are protected and not trafficked.
What is The Hague Adoption Convention?
True of False: Adoption always means a child is taken away from parents who didn’t want them.
What or False?
True or False: Adoption can involve both happiness and difficult emotions like loss or grief at the same time.