Moyer US History 1950s

Your task in the 1950s is to experience pop culture, consumerism, advertising, music, fashion, hairstyles, cars, social activities, hangouts, slang and teen idols.

Visit each URL and record your answers on your answer sheet. Please be as thorough as possible.

1. Suburban Living, Teen Life and Gender Roles:

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/gi-bill

http://nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-teachers/primary-sourc…

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/gi-bill

http://www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/film/gdhwife.htm

http://www.babble.com/mom/how-to-be-a-good-wife-according-to-a-1950s-ho…

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2015/07/24/history_of_gender_1950s…

2.  Roles of husband /father and wife/mother

http://www.ehow.com/how_8066880_good-husband-1950s.html

3. Levittown and suburbia

http://statemuseumpa.org/levittown/one/b.html

http://articles.latimes.com/1988-06-21/business/fi-4744_1_levittown-hou…

http://google.com/search?q=levittown+advertising

4. Name your children

http://www.baby2see.com/names/1950s.html

5. Pop Culture

https://en/wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show

6. Elvis!

http://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pictures/1956-1957-elvis-ed-sulliva…

7. Fashion and Trends

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/50sclothes.html

http://fiftiesweb.com/fashion/1950s-mens-fashion

http://www.retrowaste.com/1950s/fashion-in-the-1950s/1950s-fashion-fash…

http://teens.lovetoknow.com/Teen_Fifties_Clothing

8. Teen Idols

http://fiftiesweb.com/music/teen-idols

http://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/tag/teen-idols-1950s

http://boomers-fifties-pinups.com/50_teenmag.html

http://boomers-fifties-pinups.com/movie_stars_1950s.html

9. It's called slang, daddio.

http://www.citrus.k12.fl.us/staffdev/social%20studies/pdf/slang%20of%20…

http://fiftiesweb.com/pop/1950s-slang

10. Let's Dance!

http://www.loti.com/fifties_favorite_50s%20-dances.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wcG7tYYd3g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrGLNtZ0rEg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf55gHK48VQ

11. Dating Advice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkRvPOvDqrk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxBOSdl-b54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA93BhDBskw

http://www.plosin.com/beatbegins/projects/sombat.html

12.That Rebellious Phase

http://www.filmsite.org/50sintro.html

 

13. THE MAN

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/organization-man

14. Franchise-mania!

http://gunthertoodys.com/fast-food-restaurants-born-1950s

http://www.loti.com/fifties_food/When_Food_Became_Fast.htm

http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe50s/life_16.html

http://www.loti.com/fifties_food/