Lesson plan for the Workshop - Family Unions

Unit 3 - Family Types and Unions in the Caribbean

Introduction

Now that you can identify family types from the previous lesson, you are better poised to grasp the concept of "family unions".

Objectives

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: identify the type of arrangements by which couples unite to form family give a definition for the different forms of marriage

Further information can be obtained from:

1. Modules in Social Studies - Ramsawack & Umraw - pg 36
2. Study Guide - pgs 4 and 7

Definition

What does Union mean? "Union" describes the type of arrangement by which the couples unite to form a family.

Such unions are:

1. legal marriage
2. common law or consensual union
3. visiting relationships

Activity

Activity 1: in point form, list the possible advantages of disadvantages of a legal marriage Can you see any problems arising in a visiting relationship where a child resulted from the union? Name some of the problems.