Date Title Family Relationships 1 Draw a family

Date: Title: Family Relationships 1. Draw a family (stick people are fine!). What does a family look like? 2. Label your family with examples of the qualities associated with a family. 3. Explain why you think these qualities are important. CHL: Can you explain why some people might feel excluded by these ideas?

“In an ideal world, all families would be respected and would be free to form healthy relationships that make them happy. ” Turn and talk: How close do you think we are to achieving this ideal? 1 is very close, 10 is very far away. Be prepared to explain your reasons. CHL: Can you explain how the headlines below support or challenge your ideas?

Nuclear Family

Nuclear Family Use your Knowledge Organiser to help you explore this type of family: 1. How do people feel about this type of family? 2. What kind of responses do the media have to this family? 3. Why do you think that these families are treated in this way?

Extended Family

Extended Family 1. How do people feel about this type of family? 2. What kind of responses do the media have to this family? 3. Why do you think that these families are treated in this way? 4. What might be the benefits of this type of relationship? 5. Why might people think this relationship is good/bad?

Reconstituted Family

Reconstituted Family 1. How do people feel about this type of family? 2. What kind of responses do the media have to this family? 3. Why do you think that these families are treated in this way? 4. What might the benefits of being in this type of family unit?

Single parent family Single parents today in the UK: • There around 1. 8 million single parents – they make up nearly a quarter of families with dependent children • Less than one per cent of single parents are teenagers • Around 90 per cent of single parents are women • The average of a single parent is 39 years “Research shows that marital status in itself has little causal impact on child outcomes” “research shows that family structure in itself has little effect on children’s cognitive and emotional outcomes once other factors such as parental education are taken into account”

Single parent family 1. How do people feel about this type of family? 2. What kind of responses do the media have to this family? 3. Why do you think that these families are treated in this way? 4. Why do you think that some single parents face stigma?

Same-sex family “Same-sex couples are likely to share responsibilities more equally than heterosexual ones. It is liberating for parents to take on roles that suit their skills rather than defaulting to gender stereotypes, where mum is the primary care giver and dad the primary breadwinner, ” said Dr Simon Crouch, leader of the study carried out by the University of Melbourne.

Same-sex family 1. What are the benefits of living in a stable family? 2. Why do you think that subverting gender stereotypes is important? 3. How do people feel about this type of family? 4. What kind of responses do the media have to this family? 5. Why do you think that these families are treated in this way?

Choose a task from the examples below: 1. Write the storyboard for an LGBT inclusive storybook aimed at primary school children. 2. Write the script for a podcast about families. Think about your own family but other people’s families too. What do all families have in common? What are some of the things that make other families different from each other? 3. Create a comic strip story about an event that happened to your family or a situation that your family has faced.

Rework your definition of ‘family’. Add anything that you now know about all of the different types of family unit in the UK.