AC9HS1K01 Year 1 Humanities and Social Sciences

Content descriptor differences in family structures and roles today, and how these have changed or remained the same over time

Elaborations

• • Elaboration identifying the similarities and differences of a range of family structures; for example, nuclear families, one-child families, large families, single-parent families, extended families, blended or step families, adoptive and foster parent families and grandparent families, and kinship groups
• • Elaboration comparing families in the present with those from the recent past, for example, the size of families across the generations
• • Elaboration examining the roles of family members over time, such as roles of parents, children and extended family members, and comparing these with family roles today