<p>Designed for year 10 Sociology.<br /> The lesson consist of, exploring the reasons for family diversity;</p> <ul> <li>legal changes</li> <li>Equal pay act</li> <li>Marriage act</li> <li>changes in social values</li> <li>Changing Gender roles</li> <li>decline in religion</li> <li>mixed race families</li> </ul>

<p>This resource is a PowerPoint slide focusing on whether the nuclear family is still important. This slide focuses on:</p> <ol> <li>Ann Oakley’s definition of the '‘cereal packet family’.</li> <li>Statistical data</li> <li>The media and the nuclear family</li> <li>Family Life cycle</li> <li>Robert Chester</li> </ol> <p>In accordance to above, the lesson includes a range of activities, videos and questions. The resource was used for a year 10 sociology lesson. Please feel free to edit according to your teaching style/class.</p>