When was weekends invented

Thank you for creating weekends. Pey Pey Sep 8, Sep 10, Maleia Sep 8, Comari Smith Sep 8, Justin Sep 9, Sep 9, Abi k Nov 24, Why don't we get longer weekends why not at least a 3 day weekend? Abi k. Racheal Sep 8, Wonderopolis Nov 24, Phil Jun 26, Great, brief article on the invention of weekends. I also suspected that this would have started as a result of the industrial revolution. The Jewish angle makes perfect sense here though and the Henry Ford 'nail in the coffin', well, thank you for clarifying.

Would like some links next time maybe so see your sources etc. However, all in all you've given me at least 5 minutes of office conversation. Kind Regards :. Wonderopolis Jun 26, Bigbrat Mar 21, That's cool that Henry Ford invented the weekend. Everyone enjoys the weekend guess what I have to make up a wonder and write a report on it for my writing class mine is when do the average age babies learn to crawl? Wonderopolis Mar 22, Brooke Feb 13, My class does wonder Wednesday homework it really fun this was one of the ones I did by the way my class says hi so does my teacher Mr.

Love the website Brooke. Wonderopolis Feb 13, Caroline R Jan 3, I have always wanted to know who invented the weekends, but didn't know if anyone knew who did and when the title caught my eye, I was very excited. Thank you for posting the information! Wonderopolis Mar 6, Team McNeil 4 Apr 16, Hello Again Wonderopolis, I learned a lot of stuff about who invented weekends.

I wish I could thank everyone who did, people need a break sometimes. Well here's what I learned: Vocabulary: exible, longstanding.

Facts: Henry Ford played a big part in creating weekends. Not just ONE person invented weekends. And I thought weekends have been around since like the 's, but I guess I was wrong. I guess it was only until the 's that weekends started to form.

Wonderopolis Apr 16, Team McNeil 19 Apr 15, Hi Wonderopolis, I enjoyed the video and I'm happy to know who made weekends. I want to thank them! What I learned is the labor movement and Henry Ford played important roles to invent weekends.

Also I realized that Jewish who observe Saturday for rest to worship helped to invent weekends. Now I wonder if there are any countries that don't have weekends. I hope that everybody on earth has great weekends! Thank you for giving wonderful information. Team McNeil Wonderopolis Apr 15, Team Unger 21 Apr 10, Hi Wonderopolis, I enjoyed learning about weekends!! I've always wanted to know who invented them!! I have so, so much fun on weekends sonic I have so many possibilities, I can hang out with friends and family, going camping in my backyard!

I had no idea that weekends have only been invented for less than years! That's so cool!! I'm happy I get to have them. I'm glad Henry Ford made them 2 days! I have a question for you, does Wonderopolis get weekends?? Thanks for all the great wonders! Team Unger 21, Bye! Wonderopolis Apr 10, Team McNeil 3 Apr 5, Hello Wonderopolis!! Two new words I learned were longstanding, and efficient.

Two new things I learned from the text that I never would have guessed about weekends was that weekends have been around for less than years, and that Henry Ford invented the two day weekend. I just have one question, why couldn't a weekend be three, or one day?

If a weekend was only one day, we would get even more work done in school or in work. Thanks for the great wonders and wonderful info!! Wonderopolis Apr 5, BOB Apr 5, Team Unger1 Mar 29, Hi Wonderopolis!

I enjoyed reading this topic on Who Invented Weekends! I had no idea that weekends have only been around for years! I thought it would be much longer! I thought a teacher would come up with a 2 day break, because the students weren't rested, and didn't pay attention. Henry Ford came up with a great way for people to take a break!

I have a couple questions. If the Christians and Jews had a longstanding day off then what about the Muslims?

Where did the word "weekend" come from? They shouldn't change it, because at my school we still get a lot of 4 day weekends or just one day off for teachers.

Wonderopolis Mar 29, Well, thank God we have weekends now!!!! You should make a wonder on wonderopolis! Who started it, how many people work there, stuff like that! That would spark lots of people's interest!!! Wonderopolis Mar 8, Starburst Mar 5, This is really interesting! I love the weekend, so thank you to who ever invented that! I love to read over the weekend! One of my favorites!! I love to read, write, draw, sing. Because of this video, I will definitely think about the weekends and what I will do over them!!!

Read, write, drawing, and singing are some of the things I do over the weekends!! Wonderopolis Mar 5, Landon Mar 5, Clearly, I invented weekends.

What would we do without them? I wonder what animals think of humans? Wonder Friend Mar 5, AW, man that's really cool. I didn't know and I never thought about it until now. Simone Mar 1, Hey, Wonder People! Whoever invented weekend I want to kiss them all on the cheek! Wonderopolis Mar 1, Clayton Feb 29, Wonderopolis Feb 29, I think God invented weekends so that kids can have a break from school and have FUN. Wonderopolis Feb 28, Devan Feb 28, Hey, I'm Devan and I'm in computer tech.

Our teacher makes us read your articles, so I just comment and speak what I have to say. I have lots of questions. But people always tell me that I talk too much.

My friend Hannah comments, too. I go to Woodmont Middle School. I want to do something extra besides school. I can read music which many people can't , I love to draw, and I always wanted to be a teacher. I love the Greek gods. I want to do something with Greek gods. But what should I do?

Wonder Friend Feb 27, I want to invent a color, too! I think Albert Einstein invented weekends because he was a genius and he wanted a break, so he took Saturday and Sunday off, right?

Either Einstein or my cat, Pickles, invented weekends. Wonderopolis Feb 27, Devan Feb 27, Hey person with a face that answers our questions and comments on our comments. This may be a large bit off topic, but why can't someone invent a new color? Siddy Feb 26, Wonderopolis Feb 26, Paige Feb 25, Dear Wonderopolis, Cool wonder! I don't know who invented weekends. I'm glad I learned some great things to do on the weekend.

I think tomorrow's wonder is about bugs. Wonderopolis Feb 25, Some 19th-century Britons used the week's seventh day for merriment rather than for the rest prescribed by scripture. English factory owners later compromised with workers by giving them a half-day on Saturday in exchange for guaranteed attendance at work on Monday.

In , a New England mill became the first American factory to institute the five-day week. It did so to accommodate Jewish workers, whose observance of a Saturday sabbath forced them to make up their work on Sundays, offending some in the Christian majority. The mill granted these Jewish workers a two-day weekend, and other factories followed this example.

The Great Depression cemented the two-day weekend into the economy, as shorter hours were considered a remedy to underemployment.

Nearly a century later, mills have been overtaken by more advanced technologies, yet the five-day workweek remains the fundamental organizing concept behind when work is done. Its obsolescence has been foretold for quite a while now: A Senate subcommittee predicted Americans would work hour weeks by the year , and before that, back in , John Maynard Keynes wrote that technological advancement would bring the workweek down to 15 hours within years.

The five-day workweek might be limiting productivity. A study in the American Journal of Epidemiology found that those who worked 55 hours per week performed more poorly on some mental tasks than those who worked 40 hours per week. And Tony Schwartz, the author of Be Excellent at Anything , told Harvard Business Review that people work best in intense minute bursts followed by periods of recovery.

Taken together, these findings suggest that with the right scheduling of bursts and rests, workers could get a similar amount of work done over a shorter period of time. Beyond working more efficiently, a four-day workweek appears to improve morale and well-being. The president of the U. Or will we keep the weekend and bend the economy to it? Skip to content Relax, the weekend is here! Scotty Hendricks.

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