1. Name an important social change that you have experienced, or that someone you know has experienced. Name the group and place that experienced this change, and briefly describe what changed.
(Note: If you can’t think of an example that you or someone you know experienced, then choose an example of social change that has been in the news recently. The change should be one that has affected a number of people, not just a few.)
One important social change that my family and I went through was our move from a city in northwestern Germany to Canada in 2003. I was only six years old when we moved to the small, rural town of Seven Sisters Falls, Manitoba. Our entire lives changed because of this move. We moved to a region with a less dense …show more content…
Was the change positive or negative, or a bit of both?
(Note: If different people experienced the change differently, explain whose experiences were positive, negative, etc.)
My family and I experienced had both positives and negatives as a result of moving to Canada. My mother had a particularly hard time finding a job that involved her specialization in floriculture while my older siblings found it difficult to integrate into the various social groups. One negative for myself is the general feeling that I don’t necessarily fit into one group of people. Despite the negatives, my family has experienced many positives, such as having more space to live and getting the chance to live a more natural and less urbanized lifestyle. 4. What caused the change?
My father decided to move us to Canada to pursue economic opportunities and to experience a different way of life. My family comes from a farming background in Germany and my parents decided there was more opportunity and space in Canada to continue farming. Moving to Canada was somewhat made easier as my father had previously worked in Ontario under the Foreign Worker’s Program, a program that allows businesses to hire temporary works from abroad. Like my family, many people around the world move to other nations to find more economic opportunity so they can have a new
(Note: If you can’t think of an example that you or someone you know experienced, then choose an example of social change that has been in the news recently. The change should be one that has affected a number of people, not just a few.)
One important social change that my family and I went through was our move from a city in northwestern Germany to Canada in 2003. I was only six years old when we moved to the small, rural town of Seven Sisters Falls, Manitoba. Our entire lives changed because of this move. We moved to a region with a less dense …show more content…
Was the change positive or negative, or a bit of both?
(Note: If different people experienced the change differently, explain whose experiences were positive, negative, etc.)
My family and I experienced had both positives and negatives as a result of moving to Canada. My mother had a particularly hard time finding a job that involved her specialization in floriculture while my older siblings found it difficult to integrate into the various social groups. One negative for myself is the general feeling that I don’t necessarily fit into one group of people. Despite the negatives, my family has experienced many positives, such as having more space to live and getting the chance to live a more natural and less urbanized lifestyle. 4. What caused the change?
My father decided to move us to Canada to pursue economic opportunities and to experience a different way of life. My family comes from a farming background in Germany and my parents decided there was more opportunity and space in Canada to continue farming. Moving to Canada was somewhat made easier as my father had previously worked in Ontario under the Foreign Worker’s Program, a program that allows businesses to hire temporary works from abroad. Like my family, many people around the world move to other nations to find more economic opportunity so they can have a new