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1. Variation between families and
the Home
 Learning Intention: Students to understand:
 all aspects of a child’s development
 how home life and feelings and attitudes of family
towards one another can affect development.
 Success Criteria: I can:
 Explain the different aspects of child development.
 Explain the effects of all areas of home life on a
child’s development.

2. Folio of work
 Each week in Child Development you will have a
choice about how you demonstrate your learning for
the topic.
 It will be one of your main assessment tasks for this
unit to be handed in at the end of semester.
 Work should be completed by the end of Thursday’s
class each week unless extension is given by the
teacher.
 At the end of each Thursday lesson will will complete a
whole class review on the topic learnt.

3. Folio presentation
 Please present each item in your folio as
follows:
 Heading: Folio of Work, Piece 1. 11th July.
 Subheading: Variation between families and
the home. Task number, by …
 Work may be presented in your book or an A4
display folder.

4. Learning Task
 Ensure you understand the Learning Intention
and Success Criteria.
 Read the chapters on Variation between
families and the home.
 Choose one of the following tasks to
complete to demonstrate your learning

5. Task 1
 Answer chapter questions on Variations between
families Questions 1, 2, 3 and investigate 2
traditional festivals celebrated by each of the five
religions.
 The home questions 1, 2, 3 and extension
question.
 Extension 2: What are the opposites of what is
shown in pictures A to H? For each opposite state
which aspect of development is disadvantaged.

6. Task 2
 Investigate the aspects of development (pg 14
The Home) in detail, explaining why each is
important for children.
 Explain how feelings attitudes of family,
culture and religion could influence
development (positives and negatives).

7. Task 3
 Reflect on your upbringing. Explain how the
aspects of development were encouraged or
discouraged in your home environment.
 Example: Physical development is… my
physical development was encouraged in my
upbringing by …

8. Task 4
 On a TV show (or shows) or Movie find and
explain examples of positive and negative
influences on each aspect of child
development.

9. Task 5
 Examine an episode of Super Nanny from
You Tube and explain how aspects of
development are met or not met.
 Specifically look at before and after Super
Nanny comes.

10. Task 6
 Debate:
 Get a good understanding on the positives
and negatives on home life and development.
 Create an argument for and against this
statement:
 It is possible to be a well developed person in
all areas regardless of your home life.