Thursday, October 15, 2015

Unit 1 Test: Tuesday, Oct. 20th



Family Living 621A Unit 1 Test Review            Test date: Tuesday, October 20th 2015
**You are responsible for all hand-outs, notes, etc. This is an overview of the material you are responsible for.

Introduction to Families
ü  First Families (Why did we start grouping ourselves in family groupings?)
ü  First Family Groupings (hordes, group marriage, informal pairing)
ü  Definition of Family
ü  Six Functions of the Family (identify and describe)
ü  Context and Inclusivity in Canada's Evolving Definition of the Family Abstract (questions)
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Family Patterns
ü  Types of Families
ü  Personalities of Families
ü  Family Life Cycle

Functions of the Family
ü  Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (be able to draw, label and explain)
ü  Adler's Birth Order Theory
ü  You must be able to explain these theories and apply them to presented scenarios
ü  Genie Wiley story (questions from folder assignment)

Society and the Family
ü  Socioeconomic status (define, effect on the family)
ü  Patterns of Low Socio-economic status (The Vicious Cycle Video)
ü  Be able to list and give definitions of institutions/organizations that aid families
ü  Four Feet Up (video)
ü  Davis Inlet
ü  Poverty on PEI (be able to identify issues relating to this and their impact on the individual/society)
o    Food insecurity and its impact on individual/society

Trends that Affect Families
ü  Be able to identify and explain a trend relating to families and its impact.

Families and Culture
ü  Define culture
ü  Elements of culture
ü  Importance of culture
ü  How does The Universal Declaration of Human Rights relate to culture?
ü  Hall's Iceberg Model of Culture (be able to explain this model and give examples of the visible and invisible manifestations of culture)
ü  Terms: enculturation, cultural preservation, multiculturalism, ethnocentrism (be able to answer questions relating to these terms in your slideshow)
ü  Preserving Culture (how do we do this? Importance of traditions)

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Institutions and Organizations that Aid Families Slideshow



Institutions and Organizations that Aid Families
Name:________________________
Institution:______________________

Research an institution or an organization that works to help families meet their needs. Please sign up for your institution/organization with me first.

Create a slideshow advertising this organization’s services, with the target audience being for a community fair to promote families and community wellness. You MUST submit your slideshow on turnitin.com

**Please include a citation at the bottom of each slide; you also must include a Works Cited slide.
ü  Please visit:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/  for more information regarding citations and format.


Evaluation:
You can view the grading rubric for this project online (it is attached to the assignment on turnitin.com).
ü  You must clearly present the goals and initiatives of your chosen institution/organization.
ü  You must clearly show how the organization helps families.
ü  Please include photos to enhance your presentation
ü  You MUST paraphrase (read: PUT IT IN YOUR OWN WORDS) the information. Do not cut and paste. A thesaurus can be a helpful tool when paraphrasing. A mark of zero will be given to projects that have copied information word for word (turnitin.com will detect this).
ü  Please write all information in complete sentences using proper spelling/grammar.
ü  Please include a citation at the bottom of each slide.