Paper outline
Intro:
1) Describe how some people think that the family as an institution is dying.
2) Explain how people in the sociology field believe families are evolving.
3)Thesis statement
4) Closing statement, send a message about families in the 1950's.
Body paragraphs:
First paragraph-
-1950 family
-Birth of the traditional
-Television
1950's
1)1947-1963: Baby boom
2) Korean War
1960's
1)Vietnam War:
-Draft-Men going to college.
-Generation gap-youth rebellion.
-Marriage,sex,drugs,birth control.
1970's
1)US pulls out of Vietnam war:
A new group of youth.
increase of women rights.
1980's
1)Divorce rate
-Remarried
-Step families/one parent families *Broken homes*
1990's
1)Clarence Thomas appointed to the supreme court
-1st african american supreme court justice.
-Increase in women in politics.
2000
-Millennial family.
Current Millennial family -how it reflects contemporary society.
CONCLUSION:
Review body paragraphs
Relate thesis statement
Closing sentence
The Paper:
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- Refer to attached outline
1. Some critics believe that the family as an institution is dying, while others within the field of sociology believe that it is evolving to face current social changes. The 1950s was a time period when the family was seen at its ideal state: a nuclear, white, middle class, suburban family.
Begin your paper by discussing this 1950 family, specifically how it got to be in its ideal state and how this ideal was reinforced in American culture at the time.
Next describe the changes in the family each decade after the 1950s until the 21st century and how these changes were influenced by and influenced social changes of that decade.
Finally, using class material as well as material from other sources, discuss what the millennial family is currently like and how this reflects contemporary society.