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Families and Households

Demography

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A guide to the symbols

This symbol Means you will be doing this sort of activity

A ‘think – pair –share’ type activity

A tweet – limited words activity

A peer-teaching/explaining activity

A jigsaw/marketplace-type activity

An online/internet-based activity

An activity using drawing or posters

An unavoidable listening to me opportunity (used sparingly, promise).

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This symbol Means you will be doing this sort of activity

Some thinking – it’s good for you!

A choice from a range of things

Stuff to do at home or in your frees

Giving a presentation

Assessment and review – Marked by a peer or me!

Finding stuff out

This seemed like a good idea at the time...

This booklet covers the following areas of the specification:

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Demographic change and the family

The decline in the death rate and infant mortality rate The aging population The decline in the birth rate, fertility rate and average family size The rising divorce rate The decline in marriage and the increased acceptance of co-

habitation The increase of births outside marriage

There are two main sources of information to help you to complete the activities:

Your AQA text book Ken Browne AS text

Some of the activities you will complete in class so you need to ensure that you have this booklet with you each lesson. This should take approximately three weeks to complete and there is an assessment section to check your understanding and to practise examination technique.

The symbols will show you the type of activity which needs to be completed.

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This is a limited word activity.

Define these terms – they are essential for your study of this area so we might as well know what they mean!

Term/Concept DefinitionDemography

Birth rate

Fertility rate

Infant mortality rate

Death rate

Life expectancy

Secularization

Divorce rate

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Why are we surviving childhood and living longer?

Demography is the study of characteristics of human populations and how they have changed over time. Use the internet to try to track a trend in the death rate, infant mortality rate and life expectancy.

Year Death rate Infant mortality rate

Life expectancy

1800

1850

1900

1950

2000

Make some predictions.

Make a list of all the reasons you think have contributed to the changes and then share these with a partner.

Which reason do you think is the most important or are the changes a combination of several factors which are interdependent?

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Why are we living longer and surviving childhood?

Using Ken Browne (pages 130 -131) create a diagram to demonstrate the factors which have lead to demographic change. You may wish to supplement this with other texts.

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What is the cost?

As you have discovered, improvements in heath care, education, working condition and medicine has all contributed to change. But…is there a cost?

What are the consequences of an aging population? You may wish to consider different angles – social, economic, impact on the family etc.

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Has there been a decline in the birth rate, fertility rate and average family size? Use the internet to try to track the trends over time.

Year Birth rate Fertility rate Average family size

1800

1850

1900

1950

2000

What factors may have contributed to these changes?

Explaining the changes…choose an activity.

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Be creative and show the changes in collage form Create a teaching or revision resource Create a mind map or chart Or…surprise me with your own idea!!!

Could other factors come into play? How might migration have made an impact on the population?

The Divorce Rate…Mrs Green’s Pet Topic!

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Yes…it is time for one of those wrist aching sessions. You might find these charts and diagrams useful when taking notes.

Changes in the law Changes in society

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Divorce Statistics

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For this activity you need to work in a group of 5. If you work in a smaller group…the result will be MORE WORK!!!

Choose on one of these BIG QUESTIONS and prepare a resource for your group to create an essential “all you need to know” summary. Once all

five are put together you should have a good revision resource. It is like buy one, get four free!

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BUT…PLAY FAIR – Think about the quality of work that you want to receive and make sure that yours is equally fabulous!

The questions.

1. Why has there been a decline in marriage and an increased acceptance of cohabitation?

2. Why has there been a growth in the number of one parent families?3. Why are there more births outside of marriage?4. Why are more people choosing to live alone?5. What are the trends in remarriage and how has this had an impact on

family structures?

Assessment time!

All of these questions have been taken from past examination papers. The marks should give you an indication of the level of detail required and if the question needs to be answered in an essay style.

SCLY 1 Families and Households

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SCLY 1 Families and Households

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As you can see from the amount of examination questions available, demography is an important area of the specification!

SCLY 1 Families and Households