
This Changing Family Patterns resource pack within the A Level Sociology Family Unit explores the key social changes shaping family life in modern Britain and beyond. The PDF summary provides clear and concise explanations of trends such as rising divorce rates, declining marriage, cohabitation, lone-parent families, same-sex families, reconstituted families, and childbearing patterns. It links these changes to wider social factors including secularisation, changing gender roles, economic shifts, individualisation, and policy developments. The PowerPoint presentation uses up-to-date data, real-world examples, and sociological theory—including the work of Beck, Giddens, Chester, and the New Right—to explain why family structures are diversifying and what this means for society. To develop analytical and essay-writing skills, the pack includes connectives worksheets and skills-based activities, such as trend-analysis tasks, theory-application exercises, and evaluation scaffolds. A podcast episode offers an accessible overview of how and why family patterns have changed over time, with clear links to social class, ethnicity, gender, and policy. The question bank contains a range of short-answer and essay-style exam questions, with model answers covering key issues and debates (e.g. “Evaluate the view that family diversity is a positive development”). An interactive quiz reinforces key terminology, theorists, and trends. Altogether, this bundle equips students to confidently analyse and evaluate one of the most dynamic and contemporary areas of family sociology
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