Chapter Five: The Baby Boom and Echo
Baby Boom Fashion and Fun p154
1. From what you have seen on page 154, would you rather
have grown up during the 60s or the 70s? Explain.
2. Are any of these music groups or fashions still around
today? If so, how can you explain their popularity? If not,
why do you think that they have disappeared?
3. If you could change when you were born, would you prefer
to be part of the baby boom, Gen X, or Gen Y, instead of
your own group? Explain - what would you be doing,
wearing, eating, talking about, listening to…why would you
prefer these? Find specific examples to share with the class.
Chapter Five: The Baby Boom and Echo
Important Forces Shaping Trends Today
However....
what about
Generation Z?
Chapter Five: The Baby Boom and Echo
“Important forces shaping trends today.”
Anthropologists
Significance of end of
World War II, 1945 and
returning soldiers.
Psychologists
Importance of the baby
boom to other generations.
Sociologists
Social impact on
healthcare, employment
and education.
Demographics
The Study of Human Populations
Natural Increase
Natural Decrease
Net Migration
Demographic Groups in Canada
millions
3-D Column 2
3-D Column 3
The Baby Boom 1946 - 1960 (9.8 mil)
Generation X 1961-1966 (2.6 mil)
The Baby Bust 1967 - 1979 (5.4 mil)
The Echo Boom (Gen Y) 1980 - 1995 (6.9 mil)
Generation Z 1996 - 2010 (5.6 mil)
Demographic Groups in Canada
How is Canada different from The United States?
Causes of the Baby Boom
Anthropologists - study the impact of returning soldiers
World War II - total war - future on hold
War Veterans - jobs, low-cost mortgages, loans for education
Marriage and Family - best route to respectability and
contentment - fig 5.4 and fig 5.5
Rising Tide of Immigration - fig 5.6
Nurturing the Baby Boom
Psychologists - study the economic importance - baby boom
Economic Boom + Peacetime = Prosperity
Demand for Housing = Construction Boom - Suburbia fig 5.10
Baby Boomers Upbringing - Dr. Spock p152 q1&2
Baby Boomers - Fashion and Fun p154 q1-3
Baby Boomers and School - progressive education - child-centred
Nurturing the Baby Boom
Baby and Child Care Dr. Benjamin Spock, interview 1982
Baby Boomers Transform Society
Sociologists - study the social importance - baby boom
Baby Boomers - were teenagers in the mid 1960s
Baby Boomers - were visible and vocal - My Generation p156
Media Projected Images - new counterculture
Political Activism - Trudeau - Just Society fig 5.17
Sexual Revolution - female boomers best educated up to that
time - chose to focus on career, and delay child-rearing
Baby Boomers Transform Society
My Generation
The Who
The Echo Boom (1980 - 1995)
Sociologists - study the importance of the children of the
baby boom
The Echo Boom - 1/4 of the population - Generation Y
1960 - 3.5 children born per family
1980 - 1.5 children born per family
Education, Buying Power, Career, Justice
David Foot p162
Generation Y Today The Echo Boom (1980 - 1995)
Generation Y today
Thoughts?
Your Peek into Generation Z
Dr. Karyn Gordon
July 23, 2014
Impact of the Aging Boomers
Sociologists - social impact on healthcare, employment and
education
Dependency Load - medical and social services
Boomers as Seniors - pension funds, retirement - fig 5.25
Four Social Groupings of Boomers - fig 5.25
Impact of the Aging Boomers
What does this mean for you?
education, availability of work, taxes, politics, leisure activities,
healthcare, economy, justice
Chapter Five: The Baby Boom and Echo
“Important forces shaping trends today.”
Anthropologists
Significance of end of
World War II, 1945 and
returning soldiers.
Psychologists
Importance of the baby
boom to other generations.
Sociologists
Social impact on
healthcare, employment
and education.
Baby Boom Fashion and Fun p154
1. From what you have seen on page 154, would you rather
have grown up during the 60s or the 70s? Explain.
2. Are any of these music groups or fashions still around
today? If so, how can you explain their popularity? If not,
why do you think that they have disappeared?
3. If you could change when you were born, would you prefer
to be part of the baby boom, Gen X, or Gen Y, instead of
your own group? Explain - what would you be doing,
wearing, eating, talking about, listening to…why would you
prefer these? Find specific examples to share with the class.
Understanding Demography
Which demographic group do you belong to? Implications?