19th+Century+MF


 * Daily Chores

Example 1: shelling corn**

"Children began with simple chores like shelling corn or weeding the garden, and took on increasingly difficult tasks as they grew up." http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=577


 * Example 2: weeding the garden**

"Children began with simple chores like shelling corn or weeding the garden, and took on increasingly difficult tasks as they grew up."
 * http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=577

Example 3: (boys) picking stones out of fields or hauled firewood. They also labored with their fathers and brothers in the field and around the barn.**

"Boys labored with their fathers and brothers in the fields and around the barn." "Working for a few cents a day, boys picked stones out of fields or hauled firewood, while girls did housework and cared for children." http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=577


 * Example 4: (girls) did housework and cared for children. Younger girls learned from their mothers and older sisters how to sew, cook, wash, and tend to the dairy.**

"Young girls worked along-side their mothers and older sisters learning how to sew, cook, wash,and tend to the dairy." "Working for a few cents a day, boys picked stones out of fields or hauled firewood, while girls did housework and cared for children." http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=577

Living life as a child in the 19th century was much more difficult than our daily routines today. Today we, as children, only have the basic few household chores, rather than the overwhelmingly challenging chores they have. Even in the poorest of families, discipline was never absent. The children back then were expected to fulfill their daily routines with no questions asked, and no reward needed--while today, we complain about the much more simple chores even when sometimes receiving a possible money reward.**
 * Conclusion: