AHSC 20Assignment

Recreation and Leisure in Canada Assignment
AHSC 242

Table of Contents
Introduction..................................................................................................................................................3
Part 1: Understanding/Recognizing how free time is spent.........................................................................4
Trends and Patterns........................................................................................................................4 Work and Leisure Occurring Simultaneously.................................................................................4 Motivation of Leisure......................................................................................................................5 Influence on Leisure........................................................................................................................5 Defining Leisure – Response Theory (MacNeil)..............................................................................5
Part 2: The Role of Leisure in our Lives.........................................................................................................6 Moving Away from home and entering a Serious Relationship....................................................6 Escaping Reality...............................................................................................................................7 My Life without School...................................................................................................................7 My Life without Socializing.............................................................................................................7 Leisure Constraints..........................................................................................................................8
Part 3: Leisure in the

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