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5.6 How Many Households are Like Yours? Activity #5 (GRADED ASSIGNMENT)Start Assignment
- Due Sunday by 11:59pm
- Points 20
- Submitting a text entry box or a file upload
- Available until Dec 10 at 11:59pm
Task explanation: It can be easier to understand our family and relationship lived experiences when we learn that we are not alone. This assignment asks you to navigate the New York Times' interactive page that will allow you to see national statistics on family trends.
Assignment: Go to How Many Households Are Like Yours? - Interactive - NYTimes.comLinks to an external site. and follow instructions according to your relationship or family experience. Consider the following questions and answer any or all in one paragraph:
1) How does your relationship/family pattern vary by decade?
2) What are the racial/ethnic patterns of this trend and why can that be important?
3) How does socioeconomic status play a role in this trend?
4) How might this relationship/family experience impact the way you view relationships and family?
5) If your family experience not reflected in the interactive page, how does this erase families such as yours and why is it important to portray it?