Family Diversity in Britain since the 1960s The 1960s typical British household consisted of what is known as a “Nuclear Family”. The meaning behind this is a family which consists of a mother‚ a father and two children ideally a boy and a girl. In this family the father would be considered as the bread-winner. This means the father would be the main source of income‚ or even the only source of income. The mother would be expected through tradition to be the one who stays at home and cooks‚ cleans
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Godzilla; they didn’t have special features but were still fun to play with. Somewhere‚ my tastes changed and I found myself playing with more and more complex toys until I finally reached a new category: video games. In my opinion‚ toys are now different. They have different features and are more complex than before and that’s because of technology. When we compare/contrast the past/present‚ we can see that technology has changed the toys of this generation – it has changed the type of playtime kids
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1950s Nostalgia Real and Imagined Stephanie Coontz is a professor of Family History at the Evergreen State College in Olympia Washington. She is a nationally recognized expert on the family and an award winning writer. In her 1997 book “The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms with America’s Changing Families”‚ Stephanie Coontz wrote an essay entitled “What We Really Miss about the 1950s”. In Stephanie Coontz’s “What We Really Miss about the 1950s”‚ she argues that we as
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Reflection Paper Classrooms have changed a lot over the past four decades. When I was a child‚ I do not recall having any diverse learners in my classes. There were some children in my neighborhood who had learning disabilities‚ but they attended school somewhere else and I had little exposure to children that were different from myself. Today‚ my own children attend school in a very different environment than I did. Both of my daughters have boys in their classes who have Asperger’s Syndrome. They
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The 1950’s in the United States of America were characterized by a strong fear of communism‚ growing consumerism due to a healthy and fast growing postwar industry and the belief that the nuclear family is the heart of the American society. If we examine these three ideologies closer and oppose them to Stephanie Coontz opinion expressed in her essay “Leave It to Beaver and Ozzie and Harriet: American Families in the 1950s‚”‚ we see that many myths existed about the 1950’s. After World War Two
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The 1950’s were a restless time. People were moving in the U.S from the cities to the suburbs‚ entertainment was becoming more and more popular‚ civil rights and arts movements were growing‚ and science and technology was becoming more advanced. One of the many books and movies that help to depict the social continuity of the decade was the movie “The Sandlot”. “The Sandlot”‚ though also a very enjoyable and funny movie‚ showed many of these aspects of the 1950’s. From suburbia to sexism‚ the movie
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The 1950’s are often compared to the roaring twenties. It was a time of revolution for America’s society. It was not a misconception that could be seen as the highpoint in America’s society and culture. It was not a misconception. During World War Two‚ many businesses produced weapons for the war. In hat easily made America million upon millions. We experienced an increase of growth in economics. There was also an increased expansion of the middle class. Many people started buying bigger homes
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What is mass tourism and how did tourism develop in Spain?5 What are the cultural and social impacts of tourism in the coastal areas in Spain?6 What impact does mass tourism have on the economy and environment in Spain?7 Conclusion 9 Grading sheet10 Reference list12 Declaration I declare that: * I composed this work * This work has not been accepted in any previous application for a degree or diploma by me or anyone else * All sources of my information have been acknowledged Date:
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Not-so Traditional Women means not-so Traditional Families In the 1950’s‚ families were stereotyped to be “compassionate” and their primary focus was on their family. Today however‚ people believe that the “traditional family” from the 50’s is only a thing of the past. Women have dramatically changed in the past sixty years and are becoming more and more independent. This change is why our families are no longer traditional. In the 1950s‚ with a male-breadwinner and a female housemaker‚
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The 1950’s was a time of change‚ wars were happening around the world. Not only were wars happening in the 1950’s vaccines were being made to help those who were sick or injured. The vaccine for Polio was invented in 1952 by Alexander Fleming then it was adjusted. Vaccines weren’t the only thing being invented in the 1950’s‚ a credit card was made on October 31‚ 1950 the credit card went worldwide trending. The 1950’s was a time were it was turning from having dull items to newer more advanced items
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