Family Studies: Ms Ruff
Topic: Issues Facing Families Today
Your topic list gives you a huge amount of flexibility and will allow you to research a topic that probes authentic questions.
Step 1: Create your Thesis Statement or Driving Question
What are you curious about? From this curiosity, formulate your thesis statement or driving question. Note: You may need to do a bit preliminary research to create a meaningful thesis statement or driving question.
Check out the student resources HERE
Psychology Today
Canadian Family
- Modern Love: Rethinking the Notion of Family
- Why is Dad so Darn Important
- Is it Still a Man’s World?
Today’s Parent
Maclean’s Magazine
- Why Men should be more like Women
- Low fertility rates means Canadian growth relies on immigration
- Missing and murdered women’s inquiry not reaching out to families, say advocates
Step 2: RESEARCH!
Where to start?
Here are some things that you need to consider:
- Start your research using Research Data Bases. These are vetted sources e.g. Gale: Canadian Issues in Context, Science in Context, Ebsco Host, Worldbook, Curio.ca
- As you do your research add to your References (this saves you having to go back later and try to find where you got your information from).
- Be sure to add EasyBib to your add-ons in docs.
- The databases will create an APA citation for you.
Note Taking Template
- This will help you to organise your research and think critically about the information you gather.
Avoid Plagiarism! What is paraphrasing? What are direct quotes?
When/if you go to the open internet for resources, be sure to critically evaluate them before taking “information” from them.
Critical Evaluation of Internet Resources –> The CRAAP Test
Mrs. Martin has pulled some books from our collection that are related to this project. Feel free to look through these and sign out any that you feel will support your research.
You can also search Destiny Discover to see what books are specifically related to your chosen topic.
Step 3: Determine what format you will use to send your message.
Additional Resources:
Topic: Families from Different Cultures
This site defines Family Culture as “the family-related attitudes and norms that are expressed by a country’s citizens. Data suggest that adults take a range of progressive and conservative positions on family issues”.
Of these positions, the World Family Map examines:
- Acceptance of voluntary single motherhood
- Attitudes about whether children need both a mother and a father
- Support for working mothers
- Family Trust
What can American parents learn from how other cultures look at parenting? A look at child-rearing ideas in Japan, Norway, Spain — and beyond.
This article, Georgas discusses Family, Structure and Function, Types of Families, Kinship Relationships, Is the Nuclear Family Separate or Part of the Extended Family? etc.
Life inside Syrian Refugee Camps
This site holds some powerful images of family life inside a refugee camp.Where Childhood doesn’t Exist
Japan: Communication within Family Contexts
This site discusses the contemporary (post WWII) family. Succession is an interesting aspect of the Japanese family culture.
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Canadian Family Culture:
Some interesting facts on Canadian Family culture, as well as some links to gender roles around the house. First Nations’ Family Culture
Family, community and culture are all important aspects of wellness. Supporting the sacred journey of parenthood |