- It is now 10 years later and your children are
old enough to work. List the occupation and salary for each member
of the family (It must add up to about $87.00 a month) You
should continue to focus on the jobs listed in The
19th Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor
in the Family Economics reading.
- Rather than have you refigure the cost
of food for your family, I will tell you that your new food total will be
$29 a month. The kids are now eating as much as the adults which is why it
costs more.
- Housing Costs- Where would you live and
how much would it cost for 1 month?
You no longer choose to live in the Tenements or Slums.
- Transportation- How much would it cost
per month for you
r family
of 5 to ride the subway roundtrip for 20 days a month?
- Heating- How much would you spend on
heat for your family for 1 month? ( you will need to purchase coal for 15
days)
- Bathing- How much would you spend to
bathe each month? ( All members of the family must bathe at least
twice
a month)
- Miscellaneous costs- Clothing, doctors,
ice... $5.00 a month
- How much money do you have left after
paying for all of the items listed above?
- Entertainment- Be sure to read the
"Fun-Parks and Amusement" article. How much money would you have
to save each month so that at the end of one year (12 months) you
could take your entire family on a 4 day lake trip to Mackinac
Island?