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Grade 9 worksheet
This document is a social studies handout/worksheet for grade 9 students on the topic of family. It contains 20 multiple choice and short answer questions about different types of families (such as nuclear, blended, single-parent), roles and responsibilities within families, factors influencing changing gender roles, and the effects of parenting styles. Students are asked to draw on information from their textbook and handout to complete the worksheet.
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- 1. Prepared by: Mr.D. Gooden VERE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES HANDOUT/WORKSHEET TOPIC: FAMILY Grade9 Instructions: Using your notes from your textbook and from your handout, answer the questions below. 1. What is the difference between “family”, “union” and “household”? ____________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 2. What do the “legal” nuclearfamily, the “non-legal” nuclear family and the “blended” family all have in common? _______________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 3. Complete the table below by putting in an alternative name for the following family types. Family Types Alternative Names Blended Family Extended Family Nuclear Family Common-law Union Single-parent Family Visiting Union Sibling Household 4. Name two similarities between the nuclear family and the extended family. ______________________________ _______________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 5. Name one major difference between the nuclear family and the common-law union. ___________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 6. Tell the difference between “divorce” and “annulment of a marriage”. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 7. Name any three conditions under Jamaican law whereby a divorce can be granted by a court of law. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________
- 2. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 8. Examine theillustration above then answer questions (a) and (b). (a) What type of family is depicted in the illustration? ____________________________________________ (b) Should unforeseen circumstances arise, what two possible family types can arise out of the family identified above? _______________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 9. “Children are a heritage of the Lord”, so the old adage/proverb goes. Name two roles that children are expected to play/perform in the home. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 10. What is the term that is used to describe the break- down in the communication between parents and child/children called? ______________________________ 11. Look carefully at the illustration below (which was drawn by a child who experienced what is depicted there0, then use the information at your disposal to answer questions (a) to (c). (a) What type of family is depicted here? ______________ (b) Name two possible factors/reasons why there is a breakdown in the relationship between the man and the woman. _________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ (c) State two ways that the child depicted in the illustration may be affected by the action of the man. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 12. Identify two traditional roles that females use to perform in the Caribbean. __________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________
- 3. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 13. Identify twotraditional roles that males perform in the Caribbean. ______________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 14. Name one female traditional role that male are now assisting with. ____________________________________ 15. Name one traditional male role that females are now involved in. ______________________________________ 16. Name three factors which have contributed to the changing roles and responsibilities of females in the Caribbean families. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 17. State any three results that these changing roles and responsibilities you named in #16 have had on Caribbean women in the home. ______________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 18. Name any three good and effective parenting skills which are needed to properly rear a child. _______________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________
- 4. 19. Name anytwo effects that poor parenting can have on a child? _________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 20.