Pop+Culture+(TV,+Rock+and+Roll,+suburbs,+etc)-+Lesley,+Whitney,+Lauren

Topic: Pop Culture

A. TV 1. 1950's- I love Lucy- Americans loved sitcoms, shows aften showed the "ideal Family" 2 Wild west shows became popular, Davy Crocket, Cisco Kid, Gunsmoke, Zoro, Lone Ranger, Showed that everything was ok in America and that good always triumphed over evil, 3 1948- lots of companies are going more for advertising on tv than on radio 4 nes cast on tv became the popluar way of getting current info rather than the radio, Edward Murrow even interviewed McCarthy!

B. Music 1. American Bandstand 2 rock and roll often reffered to as "satan's Music", parents did not like it because it caused teens to rebel and the dacing that ensued 3. musicians (elvis presley, bill haley, jerry lee lewis, alan freed, buddy holly, richie valens, chuck berry, webb pierce, hank williams, carl perkins, The Beatles) 4. the day the music died 5. types, rock and roll, doo wop music (music referred to as bubble gum music sometimes) 6. In Woodstock, NY, 300,000 rock-and-roll fans attend three days of music, "peace and love." 7. Charles Manson gave up his ambitions of becoming a popular song writer to become a cult leader and mass murderer, 1969

C. Suburbs/ new lifestyle 1. raise a family, affordable, comfy, fast, William Levitt, by 1960 people who lived in suburban homes outnumbered those living in cities 2. highways, sunbelt- jobs moved from manufacturing in the north to agriculture in the west and south 3. women back home. (nuclear family)

D. inventions 1. birth control 2. AC 3.50s =First TV remote control, First Credit Cards, over on million homes own a T.V. 4. 60s = First transplant of human eye, first Quartz Watch, the first automatic teller machine ATM or Cash Machine is installed in the United States, Creation of ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet, The Pontiac Firebird Trans Am is introduced, The Microprocessor ( a miniature set of integrated circuits ) is invented,Internet, Rocket ship,Cash Dispenser, Battery powered Smoke Detector. 4. 70= microwave, electronic locks, videos game, first computer

E. Clothes 1. '50s & 60S= bikers, ballet style, tight pants, preppy, 3 '70s = **clashing clothes, tie-dyed t-shirts, bell-bottoms, or ripped jeans. Hippies "anything goes" and "the designer Hippie" suits, in white for guys** 4 '80s = "Yuppie'" well dressed man or woman, ripped, stoned and acid washed jeans, Jean jakets, cowboy boots, tight bottom pants, sports appear, sneakers, jellie appearl aka braclet.

6 '90s= red white blue, yellow ribbons, ethnic prints, neon

F. Politics 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president of the United States, the first Republican president in 20 years. Richard Nixon is his Vice-President (1952) 2. The Korean War ends after three years of fighting (1953) 3. Dwight Eisenhower reelected as President (1956) 4. The U.S. and Canada develop NORAD, a radar system close to the North Pole to detect and provide the U.S. with an early warning of a Soviet missile attack. (1958) 5. John F. Kennedy is elected as president. he was the youngest president ever to be elected (1960) 6. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated on November 22 in Dallas, Texas, by Lee Harvey Oswald. (1963) 7. gay rights movement, june 1969 Cited: 1. crossjtwikispace.wikispaces.com 2. "Postwar Suburbia Statistics." //Shmoop: Study Guides & Teacher Resources//. Web. 24 May 2010. . 3. "Clothes and Mens and Ladies Fashions in the 1950's Prices and Examples." //Where People, History and Memories Join Together from The People History Site//. 2009. Web. 25 May 2010. [].

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Agenda: Lesley- suburbs, tv Whitney- music, politics Lauren- clothing, inventions