history of supersized families
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History of Supersized Families!TRANSCRIPT
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The History of…
SUPERSIZEDFAMILIES
by Lindsay Stivers 4th “Hour” – Mrs. Furnish
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Recognize Them?19 KIDS AND COUNTING
THE DUGGAR FAMILYJON AND KATE PLUS EIGHT
THE GOSSELIN FAMILY
They are some of today’s most well known Supersized Families!
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Four Places that Large Families Impacted American History
Religious Political
Economic Cultural
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Religious Factors- Emphasis on Religious and Nationalistic
Duties of Parents to increase population
- More kids = More Christians/Church Members
- Childbirth/childbearing = Sacred Blessing
ReligiousFactors
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Religious
FactorsAmerican Religion Over Time
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Four Places that Large Families Impacted American History
Religious Political
Economic Cultural
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Political Factors- Manifest Destiny- The need for an increased population
PoliticalFactors
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MANIFEST DESTINY
Political Factors
“The belief that God had destined America to expand to the Atlantic Ocean and stretch
from coast to coast.”
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If America was going to obtain all of that land,
they had to have enough people to fill it,
right?
Political Factors
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Four Places that Large Families Impacted American History
Religious Political
Economic Cultural
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Economic Factors- Small-Scale Farming- Economy until 1800s = Agriculture - Industrial Revolution
- Reverse Effect
EconomicFactors
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As Many as Possible!
With such high infant mortality rates and the need for workers on the family farms, families had as
many kids as they possibly could!
Economic Factors
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The More, the Merrier!
Economic Factors
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Four Places that Large Families Impacted American History
Religious Political
Economic Cultural
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Cultural Factors- Women’s Role at Home- Husband’s Role- Young Age Children Began Work At
CulturalFactors
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Women’s Roles in Life
Cooking, cleaning, taking care of children, and more.
Cultural Factors
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American culture in the 18th and 19th century
had a large impact on the sizes of families.
Cultural Factors
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WHAT ABOUT IN THE YEARS TO
COME?Will Supersized Families carry on into and impact the future as they did in the past?
In the Future…