the test will be on what we have covered over the past few weeks on the family we will complete a...
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• The test will be on what we have covered over the past few weeks on The Family
• We will complete a revision session today to refresh things and to clear up any questions you might have
• Questions will be divided into Knowledge and Understanding (KU) and Enquiry Skills (ES)
• There will be no trick questions!!
• You will be working with your partner• You will look at one of the topics that we
have covered in The Family• Why are more marriages ending in
divorce?• Factors that can affect a families standard
of living• Why lone parents might have difficulties in
finding work• How financial needs of families are met
• You and your partner will have an incomplete spider diagram on one of the topics
• It is your task to fill it in• Use the pictures, jotters and relevant
pages of your textbook to help you• Once everyone has finished their
spidergrams we will go over the answers
• You will be given at the end of the lesson a complete revision booklet to take away with you and STUDY!!!
Reasons for the increase in the
number of marriages ending in
divorce
Page 55-56
Reasons for the increase in the
number of marriages ending in
divorce
12,000 divorces granted in Scotland each year
Figures now more stable
Changing legal situation
Much easier to get divorced
Only need to live apart for 2 years to have a divorce granted
Legal aid available
Changing role of women
More work
Financially independent
More opportunity for contact with family and friends
Less willing to put up with an unhappy marriage
Changing attitudes in society
Church not as influential
Factors that can affect a families
standard of living
Jotters p.57
Poverty poor, comfort rich & different financial needs Lessons
Education
Family size
Good job
Unemployment
Own house/rent
Lifestyle
Benefits
Factors that can affect a families
standard of living
Factors that can affect a families
standard of living
Jotters (lesson on poverty poor, comfort rich & different financial needs)
Education
Family size
Good job
Unemployment
Own house/rent
Lifestyle
Benefits
Better education = better job = more choices
Fewer children, family could be more wealthy
Better wages
Able to afford more luxuries such as cars, holidays, nice clothes
Money tight
Struggle to buy necessities eg rent, food, clothes
Good
Nice thingsHealthy food/diet
Reliance on state benefits
Not enough
Stigma attached to receiving benefits
Might be in poorer areas
Yours to sell
The difficulties that lone parents
can face in finding a good job
Lone Parent Lesson
Page 60-63
The difficulties that lone parents
can face in finding a good job
Unable to work weekends
Can’t do overtime/extra shifts
Have to look after children
Lack of qualifications
Teenage mums leaving school before they’re finished their exams
Raising a family so unable to afford to go to college/night school/uni
Unable to travel
Relying on public transport/no car
Don’t want to be too far from their family
Childcare responsibilities
Taking to/picking up from school – have to be there
What happens when their child is unwell?
Nursery/Childcare
No family to help out Unable to afford
nursery/childcareNot worth their while to do a low paid job – nursery fees more than they would earn
How financial needs of families
are met
Meeting financial needs lesson
Pages 65-67
How financial needs of families
are met
By themselves
Central Government
Local GovernmentVoluntary groups
Friends and Family
Homeworking
Making money themselves Looking after children
so the parent can go to work
Food/MealsLoans
Paid back
Child Poverty Action Group
Helps families to ensure they are collecting right benefits
Ending child poverty
Citizen’s Advice Bureau
Money/housing advice
Advice filling out forms
Westminster
Child Benefit
Income Support
Family Credit
N.M.W
Glasgow City Council
Council tax discount
Housing benefit
Free school meals/clothing vouchers