1. Baby Boom Children: The World They Were Born Into
HSB4U Chapter 5
Day 2

2. Chapter Inquiry Question
How has the largest generation in our history, the baby boom, affected our society in each stage of their lives (as children, teenagers, adults and now as seniors)?
IMPACT

3. Returning War brides Soldiers, 1945
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. (2011). Are you in this picture? Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

4. Many Children, Ottawa Nursery, c.1950
Schwartz, D. (2010, Dec. 31). Will a retirement boom start in 2011? Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

5. My Mom
Jill Kaplun, on the right. Baby boomer born in Here is her family in 1954.

6. My Husband’s Mom
Anitra Dodge, 1950 or 51, Brantford.

7. Books for Kids Farley Mowatt’s Lost in the Barrens, 1956.
Pierre Berton’s The Secret World of Og, 1961.
Ing, T. and Canadian Heritage Department. (N.d.). Publishing for children: McLelland and Stewart’s long legacy. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

8. Girl Guides, 1955
Manitoba Historical Society. (2011, April 23). The life of Yosh Tashiro. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

9. Toronto in the 1950s
Urban Toronto. (2008). Forum: 1950s Toronto. Urban Toronto. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

10. Class Photo
“In 1951, 59,402 children were enroled in the public elementary system in Toronto. By 1966, there were 77,212 attending elementary schools in the city.”
Toronto Culture. (N.d.). Toronto school children c The history of Toronto: an year journey. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

11. University Students
Bradburn, J. (2012, Feb. 4). Historicist: Post-ing about Toronto. Torontoist. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

12. Subway Construction, 1950
BlogTO. (2010, Nov. 21). Toronto of the 1950s. BlogTO. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

13. Car Life
Chuckman, J. (2012, Feb. 1). Chuckman’s Photos on Wordpress: Toronto Nostalgia. Postcard: Toronto Lawrence Plaza, early 1950s. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

14. 1953 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe
Made in Oshawa, ON. “In 1953, the average Canadian family lived on an annual income of $2,714. A Pontiac Pathfinder would have cost that family $2,738.”
Canada Science Technology Museum. (N.d.). In search of the Canadian car. Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

15. Yonge and York Mills, 1957
Flack, D. (2011, Sept. 8). BlogTO. What the suburbs used to look like around Toronto. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

16. Don Mills
Aladone. (2010, May 10). Toronto Before: Then and Now. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

17. Don Mills
Javed, N. (2009, March 21). Toronto’s mother of all suburbs: Don Mills. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

18. YMCI http://valdodge.com/2007/04/23/from-farm-to-suburb/
Bayview and York Mills, 1950.
Dodge, V. (2007, April 23). From farm to suburb. Dodgeville. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

19. Fashion
Fashion: an option under the Home Economics Course at Ryerson. First graduating class was 1950.
Ryerson University Library and Archives. (N.d.). Instructor and student; school of fashion, Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

20. Eaton’s Eaton’s ad in the Montreal Gazette, May 1959.
Today’s Inspiration. (2012, March 21). Jack Parker, Eugenie Groh & Georgine Strathy: The Montreal Eaton's Store Powerhouse Fashion Art Team. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

21. Queen Elizabeth, 1957
Davison, J. (2012, Feb. 13). Queen Elizabeth: the public and private monarch. CBC News: World – photo galleries. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

22. Hockey Night in Canada First Airs on TV, 1952
CBC TV 75th Anniversary. (2011, Oct. 5). Part of the fabric of Canada. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from

23. Five Causes of the Baby Boom
For each cause, using pages , define your key concept and give a statistic to show how this factor helped cause the baby boom. Share with class after.
Increased birth rate
Increased marriage rate and marriage as the norm
Age of marriage for men and women
Increased immigration rate and characteristics of immigrants
War brides

24. Application
Look at the graphs at each station and identify their main conclusions. Use the key concepts we have been learning since yesterday:
Demography
Social trend
Population growth
Natural increase
Natural decrease
Net migration
Baby boom generation
Cohort
Population pyramid
Don’t forget to “read” the graph carefully: title, labels of axes.

25. Back to Five Causes Groups
Which of the 7 graphs you just looked at would best illustrate/match/accompany your cause of the baby boom?
Why?

26. Handout 2 and 3
Use the data in handout 2 to fill in the blanks on handout 3 (in your course handout package).
We will need handout 3 later in the chapter so please complete it.
You will need a calculator or your phone.

27. HW Read page 150 and do questions 2 and 4 on page 151.
Work on CCA as needed.
Complete handout 3.

28. Practice Graphs