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AQA GCSE Sociology Different family structures introduction

AQA GCSE Sociology Different family structures introduction

Subject: Sociology

Age range: 14-16

Resource type: Lesson (complete)

Last updated

18 August 2026

pptx, 6.34 MB
pptx, 6.34 MB

•Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students identify the difference between a family and a household, describe the different family types that exist in Britain and consider how and why ‘the family’ is changing.

•Covers the following key terms: Family, Household, Cohabitation, Family form, Family diversity, Nuclear family, Lone-parent family, Same-sex family, Reconstituted family, Extended family (horizontally and vertically), Empty-nest family, Traditional, Contemporary society (extension), Homosexuality (extension) and Heterosexuality (extension)

•Makes reference to the following key terms students might know: Gender - Sex

•Includes a teaching to all activity

•ANSWERS FOR SOME ACTIVITIES INCLUDED

•Includes a carousel activity with a capture sheet on the different family forms

•Includes up-to-date ONS graphs (Families and households in the UK, 2025) as a statistics activity

•Includes think, pair, share discussion tasks and deeper thinking analysis questions

•No key sociologists are covered in this lesson

•INCLUDES KEY TERM SHEET WITH DEFINITIONS FOR THE LESSON

•Pedagogical approaches used: retrieval practice, explicit vocabulary instruction, modelling, worked examples, scaffolding, metacognitive prompts (think, pair, share), adaptive teaching through extension terms, and stretch and challenge deeper thinking questions

•Resources can be found at the end of the PPT

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AQA GCSE Sociology: Family BUNDLE- units 1-3

11 LESSONS ON THE FOLLOWING: **Topic 1 - Different family types (excludes alternatives to the family)** L1 AQA GCSE Sociology Families: Family forms - Different family type •Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students identify the difference between a family and a household, describe the different family types that exist in Britain and consider how and why ‘the family’ is changing. •Covers the following key terms: Family, Household, Cohabitation, Family form, Family diversity, Nuclear family, Lone-parent family, Same-sex family, Reconstituted family, Extended family (horizontally and vertically), Empty-nest family, Traditional, Contemporary society (extension), Homosexuality (extension) and Heterosexuality (extension) •Makes reference to the following key terms students might know: Gender - Sex •Includes a teaching to all activity •ANSWERS FOR SOME ACTIVITIES INCLUDED •Includes a carousel activity with a capture sheet on the different family forms •Includes up-to-date ONS graphs (Families and households in the UK, 2025) as a statistics activity •Includes think, pair, share discussion tasks and deeper thinking analysis questions •No key sociologists are covered in this lesson •INCLUDES KEY TERM SHEET WITH DEFINITIONS FOR THE LESSON •Pedagogical approaches used: retrieval practice, explicit vocabulary instruction, modelling, worked examples, scaffolding, metacognitive prompts (think, pair, share), adaptive teaching through extension terms, and stretch and challenge deeper thinking questions •Resources can be found at the end of the PPT. L2 AQA GCSE Sociology: Families – Alternatives to the family •Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students identify the different alternative households people might live in, explain why people live in these alternatives to the family, and consider the advantages and disadvantages of each. •Covers the following key terms: Alternative to the family, One-person household, Commune, Kibbutz, Residential home, House shares / shared households, Kin, Kinship, Welfare state (extension). •Makes reference to the following key terms students should know, to promote a spiral curriculum: Family – Household. •Includes a DO NOW think, pair, share retrieval activity on the key terms and definitions. •Includes an information-gathering carousel activity with detailed information sheets on the kibbutz, residential homes, house shares and one-person households. •Includes two differentiated versions of the main worksheet (standard and DEEPER THINKING) to support adaptive teaching. •Includes a consolidation activity matching features to each alternative to the family. •Includes DEEPER THINKING stretch and challenge prompts throughout. •Includes links to videos for further information. •INCLUDES A KEY TERM SHEET WITH DEFINITIONS FOR THE LESSON. •ANSWERS TO ALL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED. •Pedagogical strategies: retrieval practice, explicit vocabulary instruction, modelling, worked examples, scaffolding, metacognitive prompts, adaptive teaching, and opportunities for stretch and challenge. •RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT. L3 AQA GCSE Sociology: Families - Families in a global context •Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students describe family forms and relationships outside of the UK, explain how families outside the UK differ to families in the UK, and consider the impact of the different family forms that exist outside the UK. •Compares contemporary family diversity in the UK with family life in China, South Asia, the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa. •Covers the following key terms: Global context, Matriarchal, Matriarch. Breadwinner (extension), Home-maker (extension), Division of labour (extension) •Covers the following sociologists: Parsons, Bott and the Rapoports •Makes reference to the following key terms students might know to promote a spiral curriculum: Kin - Kinship - Cohabitation - Extended family - Vertically extended family - Patriarchy - Gender - Socialisation - Primary socialisation - Family form/structure/type - Nuclear family - Lone-parent family - Same-sex family - Reconstituted family - Empty-nest family - Alternatives to the family •Includes a DO NOW retrieval task on family forms and alternatives to the family, with animated answers •Includes explicit vocabulary instruction with key terms •Includes an ACTIVATE task using an information sheet, with worksheet questions, and modelled sentence starters and success criteria for extended writing •Includes DEEPER THINKING prompts for stretch and challenge throughout •Teaching and learning strategies used: retrieval practice, explicit vocabulary instruction, modelling and worked examples, scaffolding, adaptive teaching, metacognitive prompts, stretch and challenge, and a spiral curriculum approach that revisits prior key terms •Assessment for learning built in through CHECK, CORRECT AND/OR DEVELOP ANSWERS slides, success criteria and an exam-style question •INCLUDES ‘DESCRIBE’ 3 MARKER •INCLUDES FULL INFORMATION TEXT ON FAMILIES IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT FOR READING AND REFERENCE •ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITY AND STARTER INCLUDED •Resources can be found at the end of the PPT **Topic 2 - Couples/ The domestic division of labour** L4 AQA GCSE Sociology: Families Topic 2 Couples - The Traditional Domestic Division of Labour •Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students define the domestic division of labour, conjugal roles and joint and segregated conjugal roles, explain the domestic division of labour in traditional families, and consider functionalist and feminist views of it. •Covers the following key terms: Domestic labour, Domestic division of labour, Conjugal roles, Conjugal, Joint conjugal roles, Segregated conjugal roles, Instrumental role, Expressive role, Breadwinner, Dual-career family, Child rearing, Traditional, Conventional nuclear family, Cereal packet family (extension), Social control (extension), Pre-industrial society (extension), Industrial Revolution (extension), Consumption (extension). •Covers the following sociologists: Bott, Parsons (1955) and Oakley (1982). •Makes reference to the following key terms students should know to promote a spiral curriculum: Family – Family structure/type – Nuclear family – Traditional [society] – Family diversity – Agency/agents of socialisation – Primary socialisation – Canalisation – Organic analogy – Nature vs Nurture – Instincts – Innate – Socialisation – Value consensus – Gender – Sex – Family form – Functionalism – Consensus theory – Conflict theory – Social institution – Patriarchy – Feminism – Gender roles – Gender socialisation. •Retrieval starter recapping marketisation with modelled 4 marker success criteria. •Think–Pair–Share and Teaching to All activities. •Progress check questions on instrumental and expressive roles. •Deeper thinking questions for stretch and challenge. •4 marker ‘perspective’ exam question with detailed scaffolding •Gap-fill consolidation task on conjugal roles. •INCLUDES KEY TERM SHEET WITH DEFINITIONS FOR THE LESSON. •ANSWERS TO ACTIVITIES INCLUDED. •RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT. L5 AQA GCSE Sociology: Families Topic 2 Couples - The Domestic Division of Labour in Contemporary Families •Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students describe the symmetrical family argued to exist in contemporary families, explain the reasons for the symmetrical family and consider feminist criticisms of its existence in contemporary society. •Two 4 marker item A questions on the traditional domestic division of labour (last lesson) with student friendly mark-scheme for one of them. •Includes a teaching to all activity. •Includes deeper thinking prompts for stretch and challenge on every main task. •Covers the following key terms: Contemporary society, The symmetrical family, The new man, Double shift / dual burden, Triple shift, Dual-career family. Dual-earner / worker family (extension), Geographic mobility (extension), Commercialisation of housework (extension), Child rearing and Life expectancy (extension). •Covers the following sociologists: Functionalist Young and Wilmott, feminist Oakley, feminist Duncombe and Marsden, feminist Hochschild. •Makes reference to the following key terms students might know to promote a spiral curriculum: The domestic division of labour – Conjugal roles – Joint conjugal roles – Gender roles – Expressive role – Instrumental role – Domestic labour – Breadwinner – Dual-earner family – Child rearing – Primary socialisation – Canalisation – Equal Pay Act – Gender differences in educational achievement. •Pedagogical approaches used: retrieval practice, adaptive teaching and scaffolding, dual coding, questioning for deeper thinking, spiral curriculum links, and assessment for learning through check, correct and develop your answers slides. •ANSWERS TO ALL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED •INCLUDES A KEY TERM SHEET WITH DEFINITIONS FOR THE LESSON •RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT L6 AQA GCSE Sociology: Families Topic 2 Couples - Power in the family (incl. Domestic Violence) • Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students identify examples of what power might look like in families, describe how power in families might have changed from traditional to contemporary families, and consider how power might be abused in families. • Covers the following key terms: Power, Domestic abuse/violence Money management system, Allowance system, Pooling. • Covers the following sociologists: Edgell, Pahl, Vogler and the Opinium Research survey. • Includes a DO NOW retrieval starter recapping Topic 1: different family forms, alternatives to the family and families in a global context. • Includes two video clips as activities on domestic abuse, with a trigger warning slide for sensitive content. • Includes a 3 mark ‘identify and describe’ exam question with success criteria and student-friendly markscheme • Includes deeper thinking questions on the feminist explanation of domestic abuse, and a teaching to all consolidation discussion. • Pedagogical strategies: retrieval practice, explicit vocabulary instruction, modelling, scaffolding, metacognitive prompts, adaptive teaching, stretch and challenge and assessment opportunities. • INCLUDES A KEY TERM SHEET WITH DEFINITIONS FOR THE LESSON • ANSWERS TO ALL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED • RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT L7 AQA GCSE Sociology Families: Topic 2 Couples - Perspectives on Conjugal roles - Functionalist, Marxist and feminist views •Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students recap functionalist, Marxist and feminist views of society, explain each perspective's view of conjugal roles, and apply this knowledge to plan and attempt a 12 marker. •Covers the following key terms: Conjugal roles, Segregated conjugal roles, Domestic division of labour, Instrumental role, Expressive role, Domestic labour, Emotional labour, Dual burden, Triple shift, Patriarchy, Gender socialisation, Symmetrical family, Family diversity, Social order. •Covers the following sociologists: Parsons, Oakley (1974), Boulton (1983), Ferri and Smith (1996), Allen and Crow (2001), Duncombe and Marsden, plus Office for National Statistics data. •Makes reference to the following key terms students might know to promote a spiral curriculum: Conjugal roles, Segregated conjugal roles, Domestic division of labour, Instrumental role, Expressive role, Domestic labour, Emotional labour, Dual burden, Triple shift, Patriarchy, Gender socialisation, Symmetrical family, Family diversity, Social order.Norms - Values - Primary socialisation, Nuclear family, Value consensus, Organic analogy, Capitalism, Bourgeoisie, Proletariat, Ideology, False class consciousness, Consensus vs conflict theories. •INCLUDES 12 MARKER PLANNING AND WRITING TASKS WITH SUCCESS CRITERIA AND MODEL INTRO AND PARAGRAPH •ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED. •INCLUDES A TEACHING TO ALL ACTIVITY. •STARTER ACTIVITY RECAPS FUNCTIONALIST, MARXIST AND FEMINIST THEORIES OF SOCIETY. RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PPT. •Adaptive teaching: layered questioning, hints and sentence starters allow the same task to be accessed at different levels. •DEEPER THINKING prompts throughout **Topic 3 - The functions of the family** L8 AQA GCSE Sociology: Family Topic 3 Functions of the family - Functionalist view (Murdock) Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students recap functionalist views of society and identify Murdock’s four functions of the family, explain using examples how the family might perform each function, and criticise and analyse them by considering how they might benefit individuals and society as a whole. Covers the following key terms: Sexual function (of the family), Reproductive function (of the family), Education function (of the family), Economic function (of the family), Monogamy, Polygamy, Polygyny, Polyandry, Bigamy Covers the following sociologists: Murdock and his key study Makes reference to the following key terms students might know, to promote a spiral curriculum: Function/role (of something) – Social institutions (systems or structures) – Symmetrical family – Dual burden (double/second shift) – Dual career families – Triple shift – Emotion work – Child-rearing – Primary socialisation – Conjugal roles – Segregated conjugal roles – Joint conjugal roles – Expressive role – Instrumental role – Conjugal relationships – Breadwinner – Functionalism – Consensus theory – Structural theory – Value consensus – Organic/biological analogy – The domestic division of labour – Traditional families – Contemporary families Starter activity recaps functionalist views of society with a true or false retrieval task, with answers. Includes a key term sheet with definitions for the lesson. Includes an around the room card sort on Murdock’s four functions Includes eight image based progress checks for whole class assessment for learning. Includes 4 marker item question practice with success criteria, sentence starters and an extension question. Includes deeper thinking prompts and stretch and challenge tasks throughout to support adaptive teaching. ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITY AND DO NOW INCLUDED RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PPT L9 AQA GCSE Sociology: Family Topic 3 Functions of the family - Functionalist view (Parsons) •Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students identify, explain, analyse and evaluate Parsons’ two irreducible functions of the family: primary socialisation and the stabilisation of adult personalities (the Warm Bath Theory). •Lesson objectives: to identify functionalist Parsons’ two irreplaceable functions of the [nuclear] family; to explain how the family might perform these two functions; to analyse and evaluate the two functions of the family identified by Parsons. •Covers the following key terms: Stabilisation of adult personalities (the Warm Bath Theory), the Warm Bath Theory analogy and Idealisation. •Covers the following sociologists: Parsons (with reference to feminist and Marxist Warm Bath Theory). •Makes reference to the following key terms students should already know, to promote a spiral curriculum: Breadwinner – Patriarchy – Exploit – Expressive role – Instrumental role – The division of labour – Emotional labour – Domestic labour – Functionalism – Value consensus – Consensus theory – Social cohesion – Organic analogy – Culture – Norms – Values – Socialisation – Primary socialisation – Conventional nuclear family – Family form – Traditional domestic division of labour – Segregated conjugal roles – Agency of socialisation – Agent of socialisation. •Retrieval practice: a DO NOW starter recapping Murdock’s four functions of the family •Modelling and worked examples for an item 4 marker to show students what a full response looks like. •DEEPER THINKING questions •4 marker ’perspective’ question with detailed scaffolding to help students answer it. •ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES AND DO NOW INCLUDED. •Resources can be found at the end of the PPT. L10 AQA GCSE Sociology: Family Topic 3 Functions of the family - Marxist view (Zaretsky) •Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students recap Marxist views of society, explain Marxist Zaretsky’s view of the functions of the family and other ways the family might serve capitalism, and apply this knowledge to exam questions. •Covers the following key terms: Socialism, Communism, The Marxist Warm Bath Theory, Alienation, Unit of consumption, Private sphere (extension) and Public sphere (extension). •Covers the following sociologist: Marxist Zaretsky. •Makes reference to the following key terms students should know, to promote a spiral curriculum: Family form – Conventional nuclear family – Bourgeoisie – Proletariat – Economic function – Stabilisation of adult personalities (The Warm Bath Theory) – The traditional domestic division of labour – The contemporary domestic division of labour – Capitalism – Marxism – Profit – Social class – Ownership – Exploit – Inequality – Means of production – Structuralism vs Interactionism – Conflict vs Consensus theory – Agency and agents of socialisation – Systems – Processes – Agency and agents of social control – Culture – Norms – Values – Social processes – Social structures – Positive sanctions – Negative sanctions – Socialisation – Primary socialisation – Secondary socialisation. •Starter activity recaps Marxist views of society, with key terms and sentence starters for support. •Includes an information sheet on Zaretsky’s study of the family with structured questions, •Includes a progress check table on how the family meets the needs of capitalism  - 3 DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THIS TABLE •Includes DEEPER THINKING tasks throughout •Assessment for learning: Exam-style practice (4 marker perspective question) with success criteria, modelled examples •INCLUDES KEY TERM SHEET WITH DEFINITIONS FOR THE LESSON •ANSWERS TO ALL MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED •RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT L11 AQA GCSE Sociology: Family Topic 3 Functions of the family - Feminist view (Delphy and Leonard) •  Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students recap feminist views of the family, explain the feminist view of the function of the family using examples, and criticise the feminist view of the family as a social institution. •  Covers the following sociologists: Delphy and Leonard •  Makes reference to the following key terms students SHOULD know to promote a spiral curriculum: Gender roles – Primary socialisation – Canalisation – Patriarchy – Conflict theory – Structural theory – Symmetrical family – Dual burden – Triple shift – Emotion work – Traditional domestic division of labour – Conventional nuclear family – Segregated conjugal roles. •  INCLUDES A KEY TERM SHEET WITH DEFINITIONS OF THE FEMINIST STRANDS (optional key terms to introduce students to) •  Includes a perspective 4 marker on Delphy and Leonard study with detailed success criteria •  Includes 12 marker with detailed paragraph success criteria •  Includes retrieval practice, DO NOW starter, PROGRESS CHECK, DEEPER THINKING and CONSOLIDATE activities. •  Includes a teaching to all activity with deeper thinking tasks tasks. •  ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED. •  Resources can be found at the end of the PPT.

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AQA GCSE Sociology: Families Topic 1 - Different Family Types, Households and Families in a Global Context

**L1 AQA GCSE Sociology Families: Family forms - Different family type** •Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students identify the difference between a family and a household, describe the different family types that exist in Britain and consider how and why ‘the family’ is changing. •Covers the following key terms: Family, Household, Cohabitation, Family form, Family diversity, Nuclear family, Lone-parent family, Same-sex family, Reconstituted family, Extended family (horizontally and vertically), Empty-nest family, Traditional, Contemporary society (extension), Homosexuality (extension) and Heterosexuality (extension) •Makes reference to the following key terms students might know: Gender - Sex •Includes a teaching to all activity •ANSWERS FOR SOME ACTIVITIES INCLUDED •Includes a carousel activity with a capture sheet on the different family forms •Includes up-to-date ONS graphs (Families and households in the UK, 2025) as a statistics activity •Includes think, pair, share discussion tasks and deeper thinking analysis questions •INCLUDES KEY TERM SHEET WITH DEFINITIONS FOR THE LESSON •Pedagogical approaches used: retrieval practice, explicit vocabulary instruction, modelling, worked examples, scaffolding, metacognitive prompts (think, pair, share), adaptive teaching through extension terms, and stretch and challenge deeper thinking questions •Resources can be found at the end of the PPT. **L2 AQA GCSE Sociology: Families – Alternatives to the family** •Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students identify the different alternative households people might live in, explain why people live in these alternatives to the family, and consider the advantages and disadvantages of each. •Covers the following key terms: Alternative to the family, One-person household, Commune, Kibbutz, Residential home, House shares / shared households, Kin, Kinship, Welfare state (extension). •Makes reference to the following key terms students should know, to promote a spiral curriculum: Family – Household. •Includes a DO NOW think, pair, share retrieval activity on the key terms and definitions. •Includes an information-gathering carousel activity with detailed information sheets on the kibbutz, residential homes, house shares and one-person households. •Includes two differentiated versions of the main worksheet (standard and DEEPER THINKING) to support adaptive teaching. -PRINT IN A3 •Includes DEEPER THINKING stretch and challenge prompts throughout. •Includes links to videos for further information. •INCLUDES A KEY TERM SHEET WITH DEFINITIONS FOR THE LESSON. •ANSWERS TO ALL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED. •Pedagogical strategies: retrieval practice, explicit vocabulary instruction, modelling, worked examples, scaffolding, metacognitive prompts, adaptive teaching, and opportunities for stretch and challenge. •RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT **L3 AQA GCSE Sociology: Families - Families in a global context** •Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students describe family forms and relationships outside of the UK, explain how families outside the UK differ to families in the UK, and consider the impact of the different family forms that exist outside the UK. •Compares contemporary family diversity in the UK with family life in China, South Asia, the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa. •Covers the following key terms: Global context, Matriarchal, Matriarch. Breadwinner (extension), Home-maker (extension), Division of labour (extension) •Covers the following sociologists: Parsons, Bott and the Rapoports •Makes reference to the following key terms students might know to promote a spiral curriculum: Kin - Kinship - Cohabitation - Extended family - Vertically extended family - Patriarchy - Gender - Socialisation - Primary socialisation - Family form/structure/type - Nuclear family - Lone-parent family - Same-sex family - Reconstituted family - Empty-nest family - Alternatives to the family •Includes a DO NOW retrieval task on family forms and alternatives to the family, with animated answers •Includes explicit vocabulary instruction with key terms •Includes DEEPER THINKING prompts for stretch and challenge throughout •Teaching and learning strategies used: retrieval practice, explicit vocabulary instruction, modelling and worked examples, scaffolding, adaptive teaching, metacognitive prompts, stretch and challenge, and a spiral curriculum approach that revisits prior key terms •Assessment for learning built in through CHECK, CORRECT AND/OR DEVELOP ANSWERS slides, success criteria and an exam-style question •INCLUDES ‘DESCRIBE’ 3 MARKER •INCLUDES FULL INFORMATION TEXT ON FAMILIES IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT FOR READING •ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITY AND STARTER INCLUDED •Resources can be found at the end of the PPT

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