PPT-The 1950s

Get out a penpencil and all three HW Check last nights HW questions with your partner in a different color penmarker etc HW Tuesday Flashcards Weds FRQ Do Now Learning Process in AP. British and American Film – Ealing Studios. Objective. :. To explore the ways in which . The . Ladykillers. . can be interpreted as an . ‘ironic joke about the condition of post-war Britain. ’ . Fully Restored 1950s Seeburg Jukeboxes One of the most beautiful jukeboxes ever produced . with plastic translucent pilasters. Inside the pilasters are rotating color cylinders. Plays both sides of “The Nation Prospers”. Baby Boom. It is a significant increase in the number of babies born . It took place in the years following World War II. As people were better off after the war, more got married and started families. .. . Done by . Chernysheva. . Ksenia. , grade 6. PEREGRINE FALCON. The peregrine falcon is the largest British falcon, living in wild uplands and rocky coasts. It may be spotted in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, in the Lake District, Devon, Cornwall, Wales and Ireland. It is an impressive hunter, its main prey being birds up to the size of pigeons which it can catch in mid-flight. Peregrines declined in numbers drastically during the 1950s and they are a specially protected bird under the Wildlife and Countryside Act. There are about 1,000 pairs in Britain.. Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. THE 1950s:. “Anxiety, Alienation, and . Social Unrest” . ??. “Conservatism, Complacency, and Contentment”. OR. 1. A. . Baby Boom. It seems to me that every other young housewife I see is pregnant.. The end of WWII led to an era of wealth & spending in the 1950s:. The war stimulated the economy & ended the Great Depression. High wages, service pay for soldiers, & war bond investments gave Americans money to spend. : . Is the image of the happy 1950s housewife accurate?. Do Now. : . Look at these images that were printed in popular magazines in the 1950s. According to these images, what do you think life was like for suburban women in the 1950s? . By . Laura . Epstein. While advertising has progressed socially since the 1950s by frequently portraying women as equally capable to men, it has regressed in terms of its distortion of the female physique.. Mass Media, Music and Entertainment Both Deny AND Reflect the Realities of the 1950s. Mass Media Emerges. A new era of mass media led by television emerged in the 1950s. In 1948, only 9% of homes had T.V. Bell Ringer. The Nifty Fifties!. Living in a “Beaver Cleaver” World. Marriage rates soared, marriage ages dropped, and divorce rates. The end of WWII led to a surge in the U.S. population, known as the “baby boom” (1946-1964). Social Unrest” . ??. “Conservatism, Complacency, and Contentment”. OR. 1. A. . Baby Boom. It seems to me that every other young housewife I see is pregnant.. . -- British visitor to America, 1958. By: Caroline Breen . Historical Events and Discoveries:. Color TV Introduced (1951) . Historical Events and Discoveries:. Disneyland Opens (1955). Historical Events and Discoveries: . Grace Kelly Marries Prince Rainer III of Monaco. La gamme de thé MORPHEE vise toute générations recherchant le sommeil paisible tant désiré et non procuré par tout types de médicaments. Essentiellement composé de feuille de morphine, ce thé vous assurera d’un rétablissement digne d’un voyage sur . 1950s Drama The “Golden Age of Television” Why Should We Study TV? T.V. is a reflection of culture or social reality a ‘social ritual’ in which we all share Produced for mass audience = ‘popular culture’