Lesson Plan:

"Family Structure and Gender Roles in Television Sitcoms: The True Reality TV?

File: Lesson Plan.pdf

Case Study Video Clips:

• Partridge Family.flv
• Who's the Boss.flv
• Roseanne.flv
• Two and a Half Men.mp4
  

 

 

Materials:

TV Sitcom Air Dates.pdf

Family Structure_Wksht.pdf

Article: Reality TV's Working Class Heros (Time.com)

 

Website Resource:

ChildStats.gov (Federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families.)

 

Review of the research:

From Wise to Foolish_2001.pdf
Beyond Family Structure_1995.pdf
Childrens Fav TV Fam_1992.pdf
Family Interactions_1990.pdf

Related topics:

Jimmy Fallon's new sitcom, "Guys with Kids."

• Competant, capable dads with children

Proposed, unnamed TV sitcom on NBC to Star Sean Hayes

• Gay, male couple raising a 12-year old

Dad's through the Decades" article (1989)