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Name: __________________________________ Date: _____________________
Check Your Understanding of Families and Diversity
Due NEXT lesson
Word Bank:
extended families matriarchal media step family wage earner
grandparents, parents and children
housewife and mother
many different types of family
mother, father and children
single parent families
Task: Write your answers in the gaps.
Most sociologists believe that Britain has family diversity , this means
. Families found in Britain today include, nuclear, meaning
; extended, meaning ;
single parent; reconstituted, meaning and cereal packet family, this is how the
show the family, they show the woman as the and the man as
the .
Ethnic minorities also create diversity in family types in Britain. South Asian families have a higher
number of than other groups. West Indians have a higher number of
than other groups. These families tend to be female dominated, the
word for this is .
AM CHAPMAN NOV2010 Page 1
Teacher's Key:
Most sociologists believe that Britain has family diversity, this means many different types of
family. Families found in Britain today include, nuclear, meaning mother, father and children;
extended, meaning grandparents, parents and children; single parent; reconstituted, meaning step
family and cereal packet family, this is how the media show the family, they show the woman as the
housewife and mother and the man as the wage earner.
Ethnic minorities also create diversity in family types in Britain. South Asian families have a higher
number of extended families than other groups. West Indians have a higher number of single parent
families than other groups. These families tend to be female dominated, the word for this is
matriarchal.
AM CHAPMAN NOV2010 Page 2
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