Monday

I. What do you think is the most important function of families / family members?

II. What family function do you think government feels is the most important?

ApplesA basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how

to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?

Families Through HistoryContinued

Pre-Industrial FamiliesEarly technologies gave the

possibility of other kinds of work…Crafts and Trades – useful and

productive skills Pottery, Woodworking, Cooking, Fishing,

Clothes-making, Metalworking, Building, etc.

The traditional craftsman’s family was smaller than an agricultural familythe “family business” needed less

workers – so, the family had less children

The Roles We PlayedJust like in hunter-gatherers, agricultural and

pre-industrial family roles were defined by, the sex and age of the family members the work the family did

Men farmed or craftedWomen cared for the children, the homeChildren helped with the work as soon as

they were able

The Pre-Industrial VillageFamilies With “Gravity”Like today, there were still agricultural

families the richest people were the land-owners but more and more craftsman families

were being formed

It became “easier” to have many different craftsmen living close to eachother crafting needed less land than agriculture less travelling time to get the services

you needed

In this way, the first villages and towns were created

Urban Industrial FamiliesMore technology! More changes…Factories opened, needed MANY

workersMen, adolescent boys, and unmarried

girls worked in the factory “paid work”Mothers stayed home and performed

housework or “unpaid work”

An important note: “unpaid work” is often looked at as less important than “paid work”, but is this true?

Not for families!! All family work is important! If any work does not get done… there will be trouble for the

family

The Industrial, Post-Industrial CityFamilies With MORE “Gravity”Factories and large companies

provided a way for many, many families to “make a living” (industrial)workers moved closer to the

factories to get to work easier (residential)

modern craftsmen and tradesmen followed (commercial)

the large amount of industrial, residential, and commercial areas close together is what defined the modern “city”

The Consumer FamilyThe 1900’s changed the

common family in urban areas to follow a consumer culturefamilies were the reason

why many people spent money buying and using “stuff” food, clothes, toys,

technology, houses, furniture, etc.

“consumerism” is a negative idea today, and more and more people are trying to “buy less”

What are some ways YOU can buy less in

YOUR family?

Family-Related Laws in CanadaLaws

rules stating what behaviour is okay and what is not okay for a certain society, or area

Age of Majoritythe age where a person can marry, not

needing agreement from their parents18 in CanadaWITH agreement from parents,

teenagers as young as 16 may get married

Family-Related Laws in CanadaMarried Woman’s Property Law

created in 1870, allowed women to keep their last names

Divorce Lawbefore WWII

extremely uncommon allowed only in cases of proven adultery

(cheating)1968 and after

law changed to accept divorce for “irreconcilable differences”

couples can divorce if they can’t agree on important issue(s)

Hotel BillThree people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to

the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and gives the bellboy $5 to return to the guests. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to split among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totaling $27. The bellboy has another $2, adding up to $29.Where is the remaining dollar?