Baby Boom Children: The
World They Were Born Into
HSB4U Chapter 5
Day 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)?
Returning
War brides
Soldiers, 1945
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. (2011). Are you in this picture? Retrieved April 22, 2012
from http://www.pier21.ca/research/collections/image-collection/are-you-in-this-picture/
Many Children, Ottawa Nursery,
c.1950
Schwartz, D. (2010, Dec. 31). Will a retirement boom start in 2011? Retrieved April 22, 2012 from
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2010/12/30/f-boomers-retire.html
My Mom
Jill Kaplun, on
the right. Baby
boomer born
in 1946. Here
is her family in
1954.
My Husband’s Mom
Anitra Dodge, 1950 or 51,
Brantford.
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 http://hpcanpub.mcmaster.ca/casestudy/publishing-children-mcclelland-amp-stewart039s-long-legacy
Girl Guides, 1955
Manitoba Historical Society. (2011, April 23). The life of Yosh Tashiro. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/50/tashiro_y.shtml
Toronto in the 1950s
Urban Toronto. (2008). Forum: 1950s Toronto. Urban Toronto. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from
http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/7333-1950s-Toronto
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. 1953. The history of Toronto: an 11 000 year journey.
Retrieved April 22, 2012 from http://www.toronto.ca/culture/history/gallery/ch6/classroom.htm
University Students
Bradburn, J. (2012, Feb. 4). Historicist: Post-ing about Toronto. Torontoist. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from
http://torontoist.com/2012/02/historicist-post-ing-about-toronto/
Subway Construction, 1950
BlogTO. (2010, Nov. 21). Toronto of the 1950s. BlogTO. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from
http://www.blogto.com/city/2010/11/toronto_of_the_1950s/
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
http://chuckmantorontonostalgia.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/postcard-toronto-lawrence-plaza-cars-parked-zellerswoolworth-belgium-early-1950s/
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
http://www.canadiancar.technomuses.ca/eng/espace_dexposition-showroom/pontiac_pathfinder/ads
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
http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/09/what_the_suburbs_used_to_look_like_around_toronto/
Don Mills
Aladone. (2010, May 10). Toronto Before: Then and Now. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from
http://torontobefore.blogspot.ca/2010/05/then-and-now-lawrence-ave-looking-east.html
Don Mills
Javed, N. (2009, March 21). Toronto’s mother of all suburbs: Don Mills. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/606039--toronto-s-mother-of-all-suburbs-don-mills
YMCI
• http://valdodge.com/2007/04/23/from-farmto-suburb/
Bayview and York
Mills, 1950.
Dodge, V. (2007, April 23). From farm to suburb. Dodgeville. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from
http://valdodge.com/2007/04/23/from-farm-to-suburb/
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, 19571958. Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from
http://www.ryerson.ca/archives/historical_images/fashion.html
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
http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.ca/2012/03/jack-parker-eugenie-groh-georgine.html
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 http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/02/13/felizabeth-the-queen-bedell-smith.html
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
http://www.cbc.ca/75/2011/10/part-of-the-fabric-of-canada.html
Five Causes of the Baby Boom
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For each cause, using pages 147-149, define
your key concept and give a statistic to show
how this factor helped cause the baby boom.
Share with class after.
1.
2.
3.
4.
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
5. War brides
Application
• Look at the graphs at each station and identify
their main conclusions. Use the key concepts we
have been learning since yesterday:
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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.
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?
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.
HW
1. Read page 150 and do questions 2 and
4 on page 151.
2. Work on CCA as needed.
3. Complete handout 3.
Practice Graphs
• http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/censusrecensement/2011/as-sa/98-310-x/98-310x2011003_1-eng.pdf