STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Describe statutes dealing with social welfare in existence before the English Poor Law of 1601.

 II.     Explain the major social welfare practices provided by the English Poor Law of 1601.

 III.    Contrast the care given physically and mentally ill people during the Colonial American ties with contemporary practices.

 IV.     Contrast attitudes of Old World peoples with pioneers settling the American West in terms of care for children, elderly, ill or impoverished people.

 V.      Outline the evolution of the laissez faire philosophy that resulted in major social and economic changes during the 18th and 19th centuries.

 VI.     Describe trends in social welfare practices that occurred during and after the Civil War.

 VII.    Identify how the focus on children influenced altruism and social welfare practices from the early 1800¿s to the present day.

 VIII.   Describe historical and social issues that influenced the emergence of the public health movement.

 IX.     Discuss the progressive social justice movement.

 X       Discuss the significant social welfare programs implemented during Theodore Roosevelt¿s administration.

 XI.     Trace the history of social welfare workers.

 XII.    Describe the programs proposed by Franklin Roosevelt and eventually implemented to serve the needy.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Introduction

         A.      What is the Welfare State?

         B.      Definition of Social Welfare

 II.     Public and Private Responsibility in Colonial America

 III.    Indoor Relief

         A.      Poor Law Reform Bill 0f 1834

         B.      Social Darwinism

         C.      Dorthea Lynn Dix

 IV.     Civil War

 V.      Child  Welfare

         A.      Institutional Care

         B.      Emergency of Legal Adoptions

         C.      Delinquency

 VI.     Public Health Movement

 VII.    Settlement House Movement

 VIII.   Mental Health Movement

 IX.     Social Work and Welfare in 1920¿s

 X       Depression and the New Deal

         A.      Franklin Roosevelt and the birth of the Welfare

         B.      Social Security Act of 1935

 XI.     The War and Postwar Years