1. Ch 4 STUDY GUIDE
1.What social changes have families faced over time?
2.Identify the different social thinkers that have influenced society’s view of children
over time, including Comenius, Locke, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, and Frobel.
3.Identify historical influences on parent involvement.
4.What was the focus of child rearing during the early part of the 20th century?
5.Identify changes in views of children and child rearing from the 1920s to the 1950s.
6.Understand treatment of minorities in the early part of the century.
7.Who was Spock and what were his contributions to child rearing?
8.Identify contributions of parent groups.
9.Understand how the Civil Rights Movement helped families.
10.What is Head Start?
11.Be familiar with the Elementary Education Act.
12.Identify important events that relate to families in the 1970s.
13.What were the major concerns for families in the 1980s?
14.What legislation was passed in the 1990s that focused on children and their
families?
15.Understand the new emphasis on education as it relates to families in the new
century.