Homes and Families Long Ago

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Homes and Families Long Ago

• How families and homes looked long ago

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Homes

• Homes were built so that families could raise
  their own food.
• Most families lived on farms.

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Homes

• Homes were very simple.
• They built their own homes.

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Homes

• They used materials around them.
• Many homes were one room.

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Families and Homes

• They all shared a common sleeping area.

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Families

• Sometimes more than one family would share a
  home until another house could be built.

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Families

• They had big families with many children.

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Families

• Grandparents, aunts, and uncles many times lived
  in the same house.

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Children and Families

• Children were treated very differently from
  today.
• Many times they performed jobs that were
  dangerous and hard.

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Children and Families

• It took everyone to make the farms run.
• Children were expected to work like the parents.

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Credits

• Library of Congress
• American Memory