Year 7: Chapter 1.2: What is a Family?

​A family is a group of two or more people who are related to and care for each other.

​​Nuclear family

​​Extended family

​​Nuclear family
It is a small family. They are usually made up of the father and mother, and their children.

​​Extended family
It is a very large family with many relatives living in the same house.

​Activity 1: Jigsaw
1. Think and answer the question on a post it provided.
2. You are given 3 minutes.
3. No discussion allowed.

​Activity 2: Expert Group
1. Gather your information and write on the A3 paper provided in 3 minutes.
2. Once done, select one person to share your answer.

​Advantages of a nuclear family
1. It has more time for interaction between its members.
2. There is less expenditure. It does not take too much to support family.

​Disadvantages of a nuclear family
1. It has less social support. When both parents may have to go to work.
2. There is generally less family income if only one person in the household is working.

​Advantages of an extended family
1. It gives more social support to each other.
2. If more people work and contribute a part of their salary to the household, there is more family income.

​Disadvantages of an extended family
1. It may have lesser time for interaction between its members.
2. There could be more family expenditure, especially if only one or two working members are in the family.

Why are families getting smaller?

​Instructions:
1. List down any words as many as you can for 2 minutes.
2. Select one person to share with the whole class.
3.Each group will share one word and take turn. If the other group have the same word, cancel, and share another word until finish.

​Self-
Reflection