From Little House on the Prairie to Home Alone: The Traditional Nuclear Family...Has it Mushroomed or Has It?

An interdisciplinary, thematic study of the changing face of the traditional nuclear family. From pre-industrial America to today, the family unit has been a primary topic in and out of the classrooms of America. The Family and its values are reflected in our literature, fine arts, and the mass media. This unit adresses this focus by concentrating on various myths surrounding the nuclear family in America.