history of supersized families
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The History of…
SUPERSIZED
FAMILIESby Lindsay Stivers
4th “Hour” – Mrs. Furnish
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!
Four Places that Large Families
Impacted American History
Religious Political
Economic Cultural
Religious Factors- Emphasis on Religious and Nationalistic
Duties of Parents to increase population
- More kids = More Christians/Church Members
- Childbirth/childbearing = Sacred Blessing
Religious
Factors
Religious
FactorsAmerican Religion Over Time
Four Places that Large Families
Impacted American History
Religious Political
Economic Cultural
Political Factors- Manifest Destiny
- The need for an increased population
Political
Factors
MANIFEST DESTINY
Political
Factors
“The belief that God had destined America to
expand to the Atlantic Ocean and stretch
from coast to coast.”
If America was going to
obtain all of that land,
they had to have
enough people to fill it,
right?
Political
Factors
Four Places that Large Families
Impacted American History
Religious Political
Economic Cultural
Economic Factors- Small-Scale Farming
- Economy until 1800s = Agriculture
- Industrial Revolution- Reverse Effect
Economic
Factors
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
The More,
the Merrier!
Economic
Factors
Four Places that Large Families
Impacted American History
Religious Political
Economic Cultural
Cultural Factors- Women’s Role at Home
- Husband’s Role
- Young Age Children Began Work At
Cultural
Factors
Women’s Roles in Life
Cooking, cleaning, taking care of children, and more.
Cultural
Factors
American culture in the
18th and 19th century
had a large impact on
the sizes of families.
Cultural
Factors
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…