This discussion is based on chapter 14 (please read chapter 14 before starting the discussion)
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Prompt 1: Chapter 14 discusses several variations (changes or trends) in family life. The Pew Research Center article presents data on recent trends in marriage and family. Pick TWO trends (variations) that have most significant impact on family in America. (5 points) – Discuss the impact of these trends on FAMILY as a social institution – the main focus should be on discussing the IMPACT – for example single parent families have increased significantly – what impact does this trend have on family as a social institution?
Prompt2 : What is behind change in American family structure (5 points) – please use data presented in the article to address this prompt.
Prompt 3: What is the future of marriage as an social institution? Is marriage on a decline? If yes, discuss why? If no, discuss why (6 points) please use data/statistics from the textbook or other sources to support your stance. You need to provide reference for any claims you make. (6 points)
Prompt 4 – Respond to 2 posts (4 points)
How the discussion will be graded
| Meets all expectations | Meets partial expectations | Does not meet expectations | |
| Prompt 1 (5 points) | Clearly identifies two trends(variations) and discusses the IMPACT of these trends( 5 points) | Trends (variations) are identified but discussion does not focus on IMPACT of these trends (2-3 points) | Trends (variations) are not identified (0 points) |
| Prompts 2 (5 points) | Clearly discusses reasons behind the changes using data from the article (5 points) | Reasons are discussed but no reference to data presented in the article (3 points) | Inadequate response (0 points) |
| Prompt 3 (6 points) | Takes a clear stance on relevance of marriage as an social institution -Use of data to support with references used to make any claim. (6 points) | Takes a stance but no data to support any point. No references provided (2) | General statements about marriage being good and beautiful with no reference to actual changes taking place (0 points) |
| Prompt 4 (4 points ) | Thoughtful response to 2 posts with clear reference to an idea discussed in the post. The response is substantive (4 points) | Brief and superficial response – simply stating that I agree with your point (2 points) | No response (0 points) |
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