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26 October 2025

L1 AQA A-level Sociology Family: Family diversity - Modernist views
Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that help students understand the modernist views of society in general and increased family diversity and to analyses and evaluate modernist views on increased
family diversity.

Covers the following key terms:
Conventional Nuclear family ​

Organizational diversity ​

Cultural diversity ​

Social class diversity ​

Life-stage diversity​

Generational diversity ​

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Postmodernists

Covers the following sociologists:
Parsons
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Benson (The
New Right)​

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The Rapoports

Makes reference to the following key terms students might know:
Nuclear family Dual earner families​
Symmetrical families Conjual relationships
Joint Conjugal roles Pre-industrial/ modern
society Industrial/ modern society.
Modernity Family diversity

RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PPT

Activities require pages from the AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend

INCLUDES 10 marker with detailed scaffolding

ANSWERS TO STARTER AND MAIN ACTIVITY INCLUDED

INCLUDED KEY TERM SHEET FOR LESSON

L2 AQA A-level Sociology Family: Family diversity - Postmodernist views of the family

Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that help students understand the post modernist views of society in general and family diversity and to analyses and evaluate these views.

Covers the following key terms:
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Divorce-extended families​

‘The pure relationship’​

‘The negotiated family ​

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‘Zombie’ family​

Risk society​

Individualisation thesis

Covers the following sociologists:

Parsons (¹ó³Ü²Ô³¦³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô²¹±ô¾±²õ³¾)​ Benson (The New Right)​ °ä³ó±ð²õ³Ù±ð°ù​

The Rapoports

Makes reference to the following key terms students might know:
Interactionism vs Structuralism Traditional nuclear family Modernism vs Postmodernism Divorce Extended families Reconstituted families

RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PPT

Activities require pages from the AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend

INCLUDES 10 marker with an item and plan for answering it.

ANSWERS TO STARTER AND MAIN ACTIVITY INCLUDED

KEY TERMS SHEET - AQA A-level Sociology Families: Topic 6 Family diversity

Alphabetical key term sheet for AQA A-level Sociology Family Topic 6 Family diveristy (modernist and postmodernist views) of the family that requires students to fill out the definitions themselves - models example, and includes some sentence starters for more difficult key terms.

**Good form of revision for students and can be used as a revision resource to develop AO1 once filled out.
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**Makes links (and encourages students to add) to key terms students should have learnt previously - BASED ON STUDENTS ALREADY HAVING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE of Functionalism, Marxism and Feminism - see intro lessons.
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**BASED ON CONTENT in textbook - AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook

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