Module 06 Assignment – A Glimpse into the Future

Based on your readings throughout the course, write a 1-2 page paper explaining your opinions about what it might be like in the year 2050 for a family to manage its resources. Be sure to address the following:

1. Discuss examples of the extremes of what families might look like at all levels of society. Some examples include:
   • families living in poverty
   • middle income families
   • wealthy families
   • homeless families
   • single parent families
   • foster families
   • same sex parent families
2. How will these different families live and work?
3. How will they manage enormous, or scarce resources? What resources do you think may be plentiful and what resources may be scarce?
4. What will the home and community environments be like?

Submit your completed assignment to the drop box below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.

Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document. (Mac users, please remember to append the “.docx” extension to the filename.) The name of the file should be your first initial and last name, followed by an underscore and the name of the assignment, and an underscore and the date. An example is shown below:

Jstudent_exampleproblem_101504