CHYS 3P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dont, Rank, Hominidae
15 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
CHYS 3P95
Child and Youth Through The Ages
Dr. Tony Volk
Lesson Overview
• Review Course Outline
• Introduction to Theories
• Primate and Prehistoric Children
Course Objectives
• To give you a brief introduction to children from several periods over the last
5,000,000 years!!
• To emphasize changes and continuities over the years and different periods
• To understand the evolutionary, cultural, and historical factors that influenced
children and youth through the ages
Course Objectives
• This is a HUGE job!!!
• I cannot completely cover every topic!
• Therefore, if there’s something you’re interested that I don’t cover, let me know- I
expect and encourage class participation!
• What is at least one thing that interests you about this topic?
Good Starting Points
• Hewlett, B.S., & Lamb, M.E., Eds. (2005). Hunter-Gatherer Childhoods. Aldine
Transaction: New Brunswick, New Jersey.
• Cunnigham, H. (2005). Children and Childhood in Western Society Since 1500 (2nd
Ed.). Pearson: Toronto.
• The Journal of the History of Children and Youth is also an excellent reference that
can be accessed through Brock.
o Copies you can borrow in the library or their reserved in the bookstore
Getting Down to Business
• You will have four evaluations in this course:
• Mid Term Exam 1 – 20%
• Mid Term Exam 2 – 25%
• Final Exam – 30%
• Paper – 25%
Exams
• Will be essay format, with 6 short answer questions and two essay questions on 4
pages
• Each exam will focus on a given period:
• Prehistoric & Hunter Gatherer
• Ancient & Classical Civilizations
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• Final – Medieval to Modern
Exams
• The exams will be based on both articles (when available) and lecture material
• Specific material from one exam will not be included on later exams
• The short answer questions will focus on factual material related to a particular
historical period
Exams
• The essay questions will require comparing, contrasting, and analyzing particular
concepts within a given historical framework (e.g., discuss play in modern versus
renaissance times)
• Missed Mid Terms will result in deferred grades; missed Finals will be rescheduled
Paper
• Students will be asked to present a 12 to 15 page, double-spaced, APA format paper
• The general topic of the paper will be exploring a particular aspect of childhood or
youth from a historical perspective – your have to determine how historical factors
influenced that particular aspect
List of Topics
Parenting infants & young children
Parenting older children and youth
Grandparenting
Extended Relatives
Siblings
List of Topics
Peers
Play
Civic Rights
Work
Adolescent – Adult Rituals
List of Topics
Dating – Marriage
Education
Formal Education
Intelligence
Health
Regional/Cultural Changes
Choice of Topics
• Topics will be signed up for on a first-come, first-serve basis during class
• Only THREE students may choose the same topic
• Students may also choose a topic that isn’t listed so long as it meets my approval
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Choice of Topics
• Try to choose a topic that is of some interest to you
• I won’t give specific details regarding the # of references required, but I do expect a
well-researched paper- if you miss something major, you’ll be docked for it, so make
sure you do a thorough job in your research!
** try not to cite lecture or he will deduct and will give a poor mark
** don’t want to leave last minute, get a head start
Paper Due Date
• The paper is due on the START of the last day of class
• Papers handed in after the START of the class will lose 2/25 marks; 3/25 marks will
be taken off for each day after that, cumulatively
• You have ALL semester, so I won’t be sympathetic to last-minute requests
Sakai
• I will try to post class notes to Sakai, usually a day or two before class
• I will also post important class information on the bulletin board
• The bulletin board is also for relevant class discussion
Any Questions?
Approaches We Will Be Using
• Evolutionary – relative ancestors
• Cultural – Rome and Greece – similarities but also different
• Historical – work and opperate in different groups
• Social Psychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Demographic
Evolutionary Theory
• Briefly, evolution occurs when the ratio of genotypes within a population changes
• Evolution is a theory that explains the existence of all living things
o VERY POWERFUL THEORY
• Evolution is a theory, like electricity & gravity
• Evolution is the most powerful, and widely accepted, theory in biology
Group vs. Individual
**Evolutions doesn’t care about species and only cares about survival of the genes
• Old zebra are 4-5 years old – they will be able to work out the other animals and
species
• 5-year old’s are weaker, and make the herd weaker on average
• “Dies for the good of the species” at 4
• Produces 1 child/yr
• Individual turns 5 and sees lions charging
• If he escapes, can breed, but his presence makes herd weaker avg.
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