Most kitchens have aprons that used while cooking to keep clothing clean from splatters and smears. The history behind the apron, however, is one that not many people know. The apron was first developed to protect the clothing because very few dresses were owned by housewives decades ago. Aprons were primarily used because it took less fabric to make an apron than a dress and their smaller size made them easier to wash. Aprons had other uses than protecting clothing. They could be used to remove hot pans from the stove or oven. Occasionally, aprons were used to dry the tears of sad children or to clean little dirty faces or ears. When company came, shy children often ran to hide behind the apron until feeling brave enough to emerge. Outside
the home, aprons were used to gather eggs from the chicken coop. Chips, along with kindling wood, could also be brought into the house in the apron. From the garden, vegetables and fruits would be placed into the apron as they were picked, until being carried into the kitchen and being prepared. In the colder months the apron could be wrapped around the arms, providing necessary warmth. When unexpected company arrived, aprons were often used to hurriedly dust a house. At dinner time, the wave of the apron was signal to the farm and ranch workers that it was time to stop working and eat. The apron that is modernly used for simple keeping clothes clean was an essential item that represented the love of a mother or grandmother to many children and grandchildren in years past. The history of the apron shows the love that these women had for their families.
Heritage in a family can be preserved in many different ways. Be it a diary written by your great great grandpa or a pot your grandma passed on to your mum who passed it on to you, nothing compares to the great comfort in understanding ones heritage especially when it involves the deep love and devotion of a strong mother. In the poem "My Mother Pieced Quilts" by Teresa Acosta and the short story "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, both authors use imagery and figurative language to establish a quilt as a symbol for a mothers love of her children to illustrate their themes.
small and they also had to sleep two to a bed. They were educated, but
The name of the book I chose for my book report is Bras and Broomsticks. It is a fiction book. The author is Sarah Milnowski. The setting of the story is modern day New York City, New York. There are also small parts of the story that take place in Long Island, New York.
In the book "The boy who couldn't stop washing" by Judith L. Rapoport, M.D., the narrator, Rapoport, deals with hundreds of mentally disturbed children and adults who suffer of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Rapoport describes the intricacies of the disease and its treatments as well as the fact that the cause is unknown but there are many probable theories. Victims of this horrible disease are plagued with overwhelming thoughts of insecurity that tear apart their lives and haunt them, increasingly, over their lifetimes. Rapoport while learning about OCD, herself, learned how to treat each one with many different psychological perspectives including: biological, behavioral, and psychodynamic contributions. A story on ABC's 20/20 about OCD brought Rapoport's new study on the disease to the light, resulting in thousands of calls to her office daily from desperate OCD sufferers.
Toy stores are perfect places for a sociologist to use their sociological imagination. Gendering and racism is thought to be something that is socially constructed as opposed to biologically constructed. Gendering starts during infancy, and around 2 years old children start to internalize these gender differences. I argue that children’s toys help socialize children into gender specific roles. Toy stores, like Target and Toys R Us help us understand what types of toys help to gender children. I will explain how the toys in the toy aisles differ and compare. Not all toys are either male or female, some toys are gender neutral.
Victorian clothing changed hand in hand with societies’ development throughout the 19th century. From the moment children were born to the moment they became young adults, there were expectations of how they should look and act. These “limits” and “guidelines” were always changing, and the new shapes and styles of clothing always followed. In the new and improved societies, children’s clothing was a very big part of their everyday life, as it still is now. Children’s clothing truly represented the society as a whole, during the Victorian era. The idea of an always changing and improving society is fully shown in both Victorian boy’s and girl’s fashion. They went from looking like miniature versions of their parents, to children, who could actually play and not be
Papyrus is one of the most amazing and “ahead of its time” inventions of ancient Egypt. Papyrus is ancient paper that the Egyptians somehow miraculously figured out how to make, which in all ways is amazing. The papyrus paper is made out of, as its name explains, the papyrus plant, which was a plant that grew well in the marshes of Egypt! This plant had a hard and “crisp” outside, with a soft inside. Papyrus was in fact a reed, and it had many uses. The outside part was used for a number of things, including Sandals and boats. Granted the list of the uses for the outside, grows quite long, the uses for the soft inside were to say the least few. The very main use, was in fact for papyrus paper! On another note, the back of the papyrus was somewhat shaped like a triangle or pyramid! This leads me to believe that there may have been some sense of spirituality behind papyrus, but enough about the papyrus plant, let's explore how papyrus paper was made!
While all societies acknowledge that children are different from adults, how they are different, changes, both generationally and across cultures. “The essence of childhood studies is that childhood is a social and cultural phenomenon” (James, 1998). Evident that there are in fact multiple childhoods, a unifying theme of childhood studies is that childhood is a social construction and aims to explore the major implications on future outcomes and adulthood. Recognizing childhood as a social construction guides exploration through themes to a better understanding of multiple childhoods, particularly differences influencing individual perception and experience of childhood. Childhood is socially constructed according to parenting style by parents’ ability to create a secure parent-child relationship, embrace love in attitudes towards the child through acceptance in a prepared environment, fostering healthy development which results in evidence based, major impacts on the experience of childhood as well as for the child’s resiliency and ability to overcome any adversity in the environment to reach positive future outcomes and succeed.
Maggie’s ideas are limited because she only knows about her family’s history, but she has no clue about African-American history. In addition, Maggie stopped going to school, so she does not have the same knowledge and education that Dee has in the story. Throughout the story, Mama talks about how Dee is always making her and Maggie listen to her while she reads to them, which makes Maggie and Mama uninterested when Dee comes to visit. As a matter of fact, Dee’s ideas are limited as well because of how she is not aware of how much history is involved in her family and the quilts. Both characters seem to have differences when it comes to having an education because Dee is the one that went away to college and got the education that she always wanted. Maggie never wanted to go to school because she knew she had to stay with Mama and live the rest of her life at home.
The authors of the four stories have themes in common. One theme they all have in common is love. Would the authors be able to sit down in a room and have a talk? There are common themes, but some are deeper than others.
There is little hesitation that the Industrial Revolution had both positive and negative impacts, short-term and long-term effects on the world we live in today. The Industrial Revolution was a period in time where everything went from being handmade to mechanically produce. During the Industrial Revolution children were used as workers, it was more common to find children in factories, as young kids were able to fit into places that adults couldn’t go, also; children were used to make money for their family. The impact that the Industrial Revolution has left on our world is very necessary to how we live now.
Everyone in the age would always wear extremely modest clothing. The common garment for a man was the robe gathered at the waist, completed by hose and soft sandals. The same was for the woman, except their dress extended to the feet. The most common materials used to make clothing were linen and woolens, though...
What is an ordinary childhood? I think it means being able to live a life full of imagination and wonder, without having to deal with real-world problems. My childhood was anything but ordinary. I lived in multiple cities growing up; however, Ardmore is where I primarily lived during the first 10 years of my life. The majority of this city is a lower-class society. Around here you either fought your way through or get caught in the trap of poverty and crime. Assault, burglaries, gangs, and murder are the main things associated with Ardmore. Don’t get me wrong this place isn’t as dangerous as places like Compton, but in my opinion, it was pretty close. My childhood memories revolve around the mental and physical abuse of my mother. My father
The traditional Wedding Dress first commenced in the early 18th Century, in London, when machine-made fabrics were first made available. The first to wear these elegant garments were the royal princesses. It soon became a royal competition- to try and outdo each other with their dress creations. It became necessary for a royal bride to look nice on her wedding day, as it was important for her groom’s country to be impressed with her style and wealth. In order for this to happen, she created a wedding gown of utter extravagance- with an overabundance of costly material (usually velvet, satin, damask silk, fur, and fabrics woven with thread of gold or silver). Typically the skirts would be gathered, full, and flowing- it was considered that a full skirt illustrated wealth and importance. Sleeves would brush against the ground, and trains would trail several metres behind the bride. As for colours- only the wealthy could afford rich, vibrant tones, so these royal brides wore deeps reds, purples and true black materials. In addition, the dress was densely covered with diamonds, rubies and other gems- sometimes so much, that the material was hidden beneath them!
The main purpose of uniforms is a means of identification, which is usually attributed to an organization that the individual is a part of. Although there are jobs that require uniforms (like the armed forces, police officers, firefighters, etc), others like call center jobs and online jobs have a more casual form of attire.