'Women' on BBC 4

BBC 4 is showing a history of feminism from next Monday (8th March 2010 9pm).  Sounds like it might be very useful for Sociology.  I will try to record all of them as well for you to watch over the Easter holidays.

Yaca Paca!

I'm going to start using Yaca Paca as your homework tasks more from now until the exams.  There are a couple of good mini quizzes on there about sociology and I will (hopefully) make some of my own for you to use.

www.yacapaca.com

Click on the 'I'm a Student' link and then use this 'key' to login to our sociology research quiz.

Key =**See Mr M at School**

When you have logged in, you need to select your name and begin the quiz.  You can have three attempts at the quiz to improve your score.  This counts as the first homework for when we get back to school.

Bonus Vivos for the first person to take the quiz and the highest score!

**Update** - I think that I have fixed the quiz now, can you let me know in school?

Sociology Revision Books

We now have available Sociology revision books to buy from school. These are the AS level guides but they will be very useful for all of you going for the A*/A grade. Plus if you are thinking of doing Sociology at college (like many of you are) then this will be very useful then as well.

Here is the book explained...

CPG AS Sociology Revision Book

RRP is £9.99 but we can sell them to you for just £5! You know you want to... bargain.

Family 'BIG' Questions

Team,

Below are the 'BIG' 9 mark family questions from the last three years.

Post an answer to ONE of these questions as your half term homework. Remember in the final higher tier exam, you will not get the bullet points to help you.

2008
(d) How far would sociologists agree that the roles of men and women in the family have changed in the last 30 years?
In your answer you might like to consider:
- changes in the division of household tasks;
- changes in the status of men and women;
- changes in female and male employment patterns;
or any other area of social life you consider relevant.

2007
(d) How far would sociologists agree that changes in social attitudes have been responsible for the increase in the divorce rate since the 1960s?
In your answer you might like to consider:
- changes in the law;
- changes in gender roles;
- changes in employment;
or any other area of social life you consider relevant.

2006
(d) How far would sociologists agree that the married couple family is no longer the typical family?
In your answer you might like to consider:
- class and ethnic differences;
- changes in social attitudes;
- divorce and remarriage;
or any other area of social life you consider relevant.

Marriage

Is polygamy natural? Let me know what you think...

Monogamy: bucking the trend?

Marrying 14 Women in just two-and-a-half years!

Who does what at home?

This is your first blog homework.

In the comments section below write a papragraph to explain if your family is symmetrical or not.

When you have done this, complete the questions below on paper - only post your answer to question 5. You can click on the picture to enlarge it.



Some more interesting reading on this topic...

1 in 5 women are now the 'breadwinners'

Unequal Britain - Poverty in the UK

A really interesting study has just been released showing that the UK has become more unequal over the past 30 years.

Headline figure is the richest 10% of the population are more than 100 times as wealthy as the poorest 10% of society!

Guardian article

Data behind the report

This information will be very useful when looking at the poverty unit for the exam.