Prescribed Learning Outcomes
It is expected that students will:
- identify various family structures
- analyse the relationship between societal change and the ways that families function
- examine the role of adolescents in families in past and present societies
- compare customs associated with adolescence in various cultures
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Suggested Instructional Strategies
Changing customs, structures, and expectations affect the functioning of families. As students recognize and contribute to the functioning of their own families, they lay the groundwork for the family-related roles they may play in the future.
- Provide students with case studies that describe various family structures. Ask them to examine the roles and expectations of the family members involved and to share their findings. Invite students to describe the effects of family structure on how families meet their daily needs.
- Have students brainstorm societal changes that affect families and their functions (e.g., changes in law, availability of government services, economics). Ask students to discuss the effects of these changes on the well-being of families and society.
- Have students interview people from older generations about their lives as adolescents. Ask students to compare their own experiences (e.g., education; understanding of world affairs; social activities; roles, rights, and responsibilities) with those of the people they interview.
- Show videos about adolescents in other cultures. Ask students to compare the traditions and customs associated with adolescence in a variety of societies by answering questions such as:
- What significant traditions and customs mark the transition from adolescence to adulthood? Which have religious and educational significance?
- What social activities are associated with adolescence (e.g., entertainment, courtship)?
- How does the role of the adolescent prepare him or her for adulthood?
Suggested Assessment Strategies
- When students describe how family structure affects the way families meet their needs, work with them to develop criteria for self- and peer assessment. Criteria might include:
- After students brainstorm societal changes that affect families, form small groups and have each group choose one such change and research its effects on families. As groups present their findings to the class, ask peers to provide feedback using criteria such as:
- provides comprehensive information about effects on family structures and functions
- offers logical reasons for how family structures and functions have changed
- identifies resources and realistic options that help families function
- makes relevant connections between societal change and its effects on their own families' functions
- supports presentation with accurate research
- Have students record their observations and reactions after they interview people from older generations about their lives as adolescents. Ask them to reflect on and write about two or three of the most interesting things they learned. Review their reflections to assess the extent of their understanding and insight.
- When students compare the traditions and customs associated with adolescence in various societies, assess their work in terms of:
- number of comparison points they identify
- thoroughness and relevance of evidence they provide
- accuracy of the information
- logic of the conclusions
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