FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2013
Objective:
The student will
observe and analyze the 1950’s
culture and society in the
United States.
Bell Work: Complete the Ideal
Husband and Wife worksheet
and read “The Good Wife’s
Guide.”
1950’S
CULTURE
AND SOCIETY
1950’S VIDEOS:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VprIbx4QkPc
(Folger’s Commercial)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB5TOsS5EyI
(Women’s Guide)
After
WWII,
Soldiers
come
back
home!!!
BABY BOOM (1944-1961)
American
birthrate exploded
after WWII.
WHAT YEAR HAD THE HIGHEST BIRTH RATE?
GI BILL
Received
check for fighting in
the war.
 Open
a Business
 Go to School
 Buy a House
GATT
Increase
Consumption
Decrease Tariff= Tax on imports
and exports
Americans enjoyed new
prosperity.
Have money so they spend more.
SUBURBS
 After
WWII
 Levittown, New York the first suburb
created.
 Can work in city, but live in suburbs.
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
DO YOU SEE ANY DIFFERENCES?
SUBURB SONG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=e
ndscreen&v=MybCoRDSdb0`
ROCK AND ROLL
New
type of music during the
1950’s.
1950’S ROCK ‘N’ ROLL VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf55gHK48VQ
POLIO AND VACCINE
 Jonas
Salk developed a successful
vaccine to prevent polio.
CONFORMITY
Adults
want conformity,
everything to stay the same.
 Women
at home
 Men at work
THE BEAT GENERATION
Teenagers
Want
change
Against Conformity
QUESTIONS
1.If you were a WWII veteran, what would
you have used the money you
received from the GI Bill for?
2. How did the baby boom impact the
United States? Does it continue to effect
the United States today? Why or why
not?
3. Was the creation of Suburbs a good
idea? If you lived during the 1950’s would
you have moved to a suburb? Why or
why not?