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Recap core knowledge and engage in activities to deepen understanding, explore debates, consider different theoretical views, make links between factors, and emphasize key points in answers.
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Family Revision activities 2014 With the following activities – aim to recap core knowledge..but then start to try and: • Explain points – check understanding • Relate to debates • Consider different theoretical views • Make links between factors • Think about which points you will emphasise most in your answers
Family Revision 1 Key terms review
Family Revision 2 Role of the Family • Focus • What functions does the family perform for society? • How does the family support (or harm) individuals? • How does the family link to the rest of society? • Is the family a positive or negative institution?
Role of family - diamond 9 Warm bath = eases tensions Nuclear family is to pass on wealth through inheritance Sexual, economic, reproduction and educational role Domestic labour harms women Family prevents revolution Capitalism mainly benefits from families Family promotes ideology Men are the enemy Escape ‘adult role’
Don’t forget… • Dark side of the family (domestic violence/abuse) • Mental health and family life
Exam ‘style’ questions • Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere, assess the Marxist view that the main role of the family is to serve the interests of capitalism. (24 marks) • Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere, assess the Functionalist view of the role of the family in society(24 marks)
Family Revision 1 Conjugal roles
Conjugal roles recap Factors influencing level of equality: feminist movement, employment, changing attitudes, laws, sexuality, divorce/cohabitaion, number of children, violence/stability, social class/ethicity/age, kinship
Family Revision 1 Demography
Family Revision 1 Family Diversity
Reasons for growth in diversity • Divorce • Changing attitudes • Less stigma/greater tolerance • Contraception • Immigration • Feminist movement/equal opportunities • Secularisation • Rise of welfare state
Family Revision 1 Social Policies
Family Revision 1 Causes of Divorce
Divorce- diamond 9 Changing attitudes (less stigma) Easier to get divorce (change in law) People have high expectations of marriage Opportunities to escape marriage Women’s careers and expectations Decline of religion Financial stress Confluent love increased Conflict in relationships increasing What do Feminists and the New Right think about these issues?
Family Revision 1 Effects of Divorce
Family Revision 1 Marriage and Cohabitation