Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim ‘that the extended family is as important now as it ever was in the past’. A standard question about family structure

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim ‘that the extended family is as important now as it ever was in the past’. ‘Using’ means to find a relevant point in the Item and add something to it from your own knowledge

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim ‘that the extended family is as important now as it ever was in the past’. There will be 2/3 usable points in the Item to help you so find them!

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim ‘that the extended family is as important now as it ever was in the past’. This isn’t a comprehension exercise – most of your answer will have to come from your knowledge

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim ‘that the extended family is as important now as it ever was in the past’. Don’t just present your knowledge, use it to test this claim.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim ‘that the extended family is as important now as it ever was in the past’. This statement isn’t necessarily true – look at alternative claims

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim ‘that the extended family is as important now as it ever was in the past’. Make sure you show you know what this term means

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim ‘that the extended family is as important now as it ever was in the past’. In what ways? How do you measure ‘importance’?

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim ‘that the extended family is as important now as it ever was in the past’. Is the extended family important now?

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim ‘that the extended family is as important now as it ever was in the past’. Was the extended family important in the past?

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim ‘that the extended family is as important now as it ever was in the past ’.

Using the Item and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of the causes and consequences of the growth in lone parent families. If you don’t use Item B you can’t get into the top mark band. What does ‘Use’ mean???

Using the Item and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of the causes and consequences of the growth in lone parent families. Obvious maybe – but what is it. Theories, arguments, claims, evidence, statistics etc

Using the Item and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of the causes and consequences of the growth in lone parent families. This means ‘test’ – against evidence and alternative claims

Using the Item and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of the causes and consequences of the growth in lone parent families. How have sociologists explained these points?

Using the Item and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of the causes and consequences of the growth in lone parent families. Part of your answer should deal with causes.

Using the Item and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of the causes and consequences of the growth in lone parent families. ‘And’ always tells you there is more than one point to deal with

Using the Item and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of the causes and consequences of the growth in lone parent families. Translate ‘consequences’ – what other words(s) mean the same?

Using the Item and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of the causes and consequences of the growth in lone parent families. ‘Growth’ is assumed to be happening – what’s the extent of lone parent households?

Using the Item and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of the causes and consequences of the growth in lone parent families. Obvious what this means? But what differences are there between lone parent families?

Using the Item and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of the causes and consequences of the growth in lone parent families.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘government policies are directed at supporting marriage and the conventional nuclear family’. This question has a strong focus on policy

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘government policies are directed at supporting marriage and the conventional nuclear family’. Remember that using means to add something from your own knowledge to a point taken from the Item

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘government policies are directed at supporting marriage and the conventional nuclear family’. Remember there will be 2/3 points in the Item that you can – and should – use in your answer

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘government policies are directed at supporting marriage and the conventional nuclear family’. But most of your answer has to come from your own knowledge.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘government policies are directed at supporting marriage and the conventional nuclear family’. ‘Assess’ means to TEST the claim.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘government policies are directed at supporting marriage and the conventional nuclear family’. A claim is not “fact” so think of alternative claims and refer to them in your answer.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘ government policies are directed at supporting marriage and the conventional nuclear family’. You need to know a fair range of government policies, past and present.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘government policies are directed at supporting marriage and the conventional nuclear family’. Which policies appear to support marriage – any that do not seem to?

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘government policies are directed at supporting marriage and the conventional nuclear family’. ‘And’ means that your need to apply your knowledge of policies to BOTH marriage and the nuclear family.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘government policies are directed at supporting marriage and the conventional nuclear family’. Make sure you know what ‘conventional’ means

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘government policies are directed at supporting marriage and the conventional nuclear family ’. Which policies seem to support the nuclear family, which do not?

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘government policies are directed at supporting marriage and the conventional nuclear family ’.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘marriage remains a patriarchal institution in which women occupy a subordinate position’. A question on gender roles.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘marriage remains a patriarchal institution in which women occupy a subordinate position’.. This means adding something from your own knowledge to a point you’ve taken from the Item

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘marriage remains a patriarchal institution in which women occupy a subordinate position’.. There will be 2/3 points in the Item that are there for you to use in your answer.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘marriage remains a patriarchal institution in which women occupy a subordinate position’.. Most of your answer has to come from your own knowledge.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘marriage remains a patriarchal institution in which women occupy a subordinate position’.. This means you should use your knowledge to TEST a claim.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘marriage remains a patriarchal institution in which women occupy a subordinate position’.. This is not a “fact” – you should point out alternative claims as well.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘ marriage remains a patriarchal institution in which women occupy a subordinate position’.. This assumes that marriage was a patriarchal institution in the past – was it?

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘marriage remains a patriarchal institution in which women occupy a subordinate position’.. You should show that you fully understand what ‘patriarchal’ means

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘marriage remains a patriarchal institution in which women occupy a subordinate position’.. You should show that you know what ‘institution’ means.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘marriage remains a patriarchal institution in which women occupy a subordinate position ’. Do women occupy this position in the family?

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess the claim that ‘ marriage remains a patriarchal institution in which women occupy a subordinate position ’.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the claim that ‘the position of children in the family and society has steadily improved’. This is about the social position of children now and in the past.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the claim that ‘the position of children in the family and society has steadily improved’. Don’t just pick something out of the Item, link it to something from your own knowledge.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the claim that ‘the position of children in the family and society has steadily improved’. There will be 2/3 points in the Item that you can – and should – use in your answer.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the claim that ‘the position of children in the family and society has steadily improved’. It isn’t a comprehension question – most has to come from your own knowledge.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the claim that ‘the position of children in the family and society has steadily improved’. Use your knowledge to test this claim – does it support it or not?

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the claim that ‘the position of children in the family and society has steadily improved’. This means children’s place and role, what they can and cannot do, what they are expected to do and not do.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the claim that ‘the position of children in the family and society has steadily improved’. This wants you to focus on children’s role in the family.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the claim that ‘the position of children in the family and society has steadily improved’. ‘And’ means there are TWO things you need to focus on, family AND society.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the claim that ‘the position of children in the family and society has steadily improved’. This requires a focus on the role of children in society as a whole.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the claim that ‘the position of children in the family and society has steadily improved’. ‘Steadily’ implies a sustained, good rate of improvement.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the claim that ‘the position of children in the family and society has steadily improved ’. Has the position of children improved – in what ways? Any ways it has worsened?.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the claim that ‘the position of children in the family and society has steadily improved ’.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the feminist claim that ‘little has changed in relationships between men and women in the contemporary family’. A fairly standard question on gender roles and relationships in the family

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the feminist claim that ‘little has changed in relationships between men and women in the contemporary family’. Take some points from the Item and add to them something from your own knowledge

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the feminist claim that ‘little has changed in relationships between men and women in the contemporary family’. There will be 2/3 points in the Item that you can – and should – take and use in your answer.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the feminist claim that ‘little has changed in relationships between men and women in the contemporary family’. Most of your answer has to come from your own knowledge.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the feminist claim that ‘little has changed in relationships between men and women in the contemporary family’. ‘Assess’ means that you have to test how accurate this claim is.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the feminist claim that ‘little has changed in relationships between men and women in the contemporary family’. You will need to make sustained reference to feminist theory in your answer.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the feminist claim that ‘little has changed in relationships between men and women in the contemporary family’. A ‘claim’ is not a fact, it is there to be tested.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the feminist claim that ‘ little has changed in relationships between men and women in the contemporary family’. How much is ‘little’?

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the feminist claim that ‘little has changed in relationships between men and women in the contemporary family’. What has stayed the same, what has changed?

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the feminist claim that ‘little has changed in relationships between men and women in the contemporary family’. This question is about gender relationships – refer to domestic labour, childcare, effect of paid employment etc

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the feminist claim that ‘little has changed in relationships between men and women in the contemporary family ’. This means the current – or fairly recent - family

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess the feminist claim that ‘ little has changed in relationships between men and women in the contemporary family ’.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of changes in the UK’s birth and death rates. A question on a new family topic

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of changes in the UK’s birth and death rates. This means that you should connect something from your own knowledge to a point(s) from the Item

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of changes in the UK’s birth and death rates. There are 2/3 points in the Item for you to find and use in your answer.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of changes in the UK’s birth and death rates. Most of your answer has to come from your own knowledge

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of changes in the UK’s birth and death rates. Which are the most convincing explanations?

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of changes in the UK’s birth and death rates. This means sociological theories and arguments/reasons

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of changes in the UK’s birth and death rates. Your answer should focus on changes but you can also point out continuities.

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of changes in the UK ’s birth and death rates. Your main focus should be on the UK but you could refer to other countries by way of comparison

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of changes in the UK’s birth and death rates. Part of your answer must deal with the birth rate

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of changes in the UK’s birth and death rates. Your answer must deal with both the birth rate and the death rate

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of changes in the UK’s birth and death rates. Part of your answer must deal with the death rate

Using Item B and your own knowledge, assess sociological explanations of changes in the UK ’s birth and death rates.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of the extent and causes of family diversity in contemporary society. You should test these explanations – which are the most effective?

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of the extent and causes of family diversity in contemporary society. A fairly standard family diversity question

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of the extent and causes of family diversity in contemporary society. If you don’t use Item B you can’t get into the top mark band. What does ‘Using’ mean?

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of the extent and causes of family diversity in contemporary society. What kind of material??

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of the extent and causes of family diversity in contemporary society. This means ‘test’ - against evidence, arguments, other claims etc

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of the extent and causes of family diversity in contemporary society. What reasons/causes have sociologists offered?

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of the extent and causes of family diversity in contemporary society. How have sociologists explained how much family diversity there is?

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of the extent and causes of family diversity in contemporary society. ‘And’ means there’s two aspects to be dealt with

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of the extent and causes of family diversity in contemporary society. How have sociologists explained the reasons for family diversity?

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of the extent and causes of family diversity in contemporary society. What does this term mean? What forms could diversity take?

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of the extent and causes of family diversity in contemporary society. This means society today – or fairly recently anyway.

Using Item B and material from elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of the extent and causes of family diversity in contemporary society.

Examine the contribution of feminists to our understanding of families and households.

Note there is NO link to an Item – don’t waste time trying to find points in the Item for this question.

Examine the contribution of feminists to our understanding of families and households. Examine means you should offer what you know but also evaluate and explain it.

Examine the contribution of feminists to our understanding of families and households. What have feminists been most interested in about the family and women?

Examine the contribution of feminists to our understanding of families and households. Talk about feminist theory, concepts, studies, varieties of feminism etc

Examine the contribution of feminists to our understanding of families and households. Keep it tightly focused on families and households

Examine the reasons for the increase in family and household diversity in the last 50 years. Examine wants you to identify, explain and evaluate the reasons you present.

Examine the reasons for the increase in family and household diversity in the last 50 years. Present all the possible causes you know.

Examine the reasons for the increase in family and household diversity in the last 50 years. How much family diversity has there been – and has it only been in the past 50 years?

Examine the reasons for the increase in family and household diversity in the last 50 years. Present the full range of different family types.

Examine the reasons for the increase in family and household diversity in the last 50 years. Avoid a long-term historical perspective