• 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 your 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?