Family and Household lesson 1

Society is...

Culture is...

Norms are...

Values are...

Primary Socialisation is...

Secondary Socialisation is...

List 4 Social factors

Recap Key words…

Changing patterns of marriage, cohabitation, separation, divorce, child-bearing and the life-course, and the diversity of contemporary family and household structures

The relationship of the family to the social structure and social change, with particular reference to the economy and to state policies

The nature and extent of changes within the family, with reference to gender roles, domestic labour and power relationships

The nature of childhood, and changes in the status of children in the family and society

Demographic trends in the UK since 1900; reasons for changes in birth rates, death rates and family size.

What you will know by the end of the year...

All will identify the difference between a family and a household (including Murdock’s definition of a family)

Most will describe the main family types: nuclear, extended, single parent, reconstituted and beanpole

Some will review the benefits and drawbacks of each type of family

This session

Mind map in pairs what the word FAMILY means to you.

Starter

FAMILY- A social unit living together

HOUSEHOLD- those who live under the same roof

Family Vs Household

George Murdock (1949)‘A social group characterised by common

residence, economic co-operation and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes, at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationships, and one or more children, own or adopted, of the sexually cohabiting adults.’

Defining the Family…

Nuclear Extended Single Parent Reconstituted Beanpole

On sugar paper write down:1) Definition2) Advantages3) Disadvantages

Types of family...

Nuclear Family

Family group consisting of 2 generations i.e. parents and children living under same roof

Extended Family

A family in which sons and daughters live in same neighbourhood as parents, see each other on regular basis and offer each other various kinds of support.

Single Parent Family

Reconstituted Family

Step family

Beanpole family

Four Generation family i.e. Including great-grandparents and great-grand-children.

Compare and contrast two different family types, including the benefits and drawbacks of each. (24 marks)

Homework