Chapter 16 Section 3

Warm Up: How has TV influenced your life?

TV & American Life % of U.S. homes have Televisions % of U.S. homes have Televisions coast to coast live broadcasts begins coast to coast live broadcasts begins NBC & CBS begin color broadcasting. 1% of households own color TV. TV Guide first published NBC & CBS begin color broadcasting. 1% of households own color TV. TV Guide first published % of U.S. households have TV. First televised presidential debate % of U.S. households have TV. First televised presidential debate

TV & American Life I Love Lucy Army-McCarthy Hearings American Bandstand Milton Berle Show

Watch: The Twilight Zone The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

Given what you know about the 1950’s…. Who do you think the monsters on Maple St. represent? Who do you think the monsters on Maple St. represent? Why are they depicted as aliens? Why are they depicted as aliens?

Technological Developments Transistors and Computers First computers used thousands of vacuum tubes First computers used thousands of vacuum tubes Took up hundreds of feet of floor space Took up hundreds of feet of floor space Required large amounts of electricity Required large amounts of electricity Vacuum Tubes

Technological Developments Transistor developed by Bell Laboratories in 1947 Transistor developed by Bell Laboratories in 1947 Performed same function as a tube, much smaller Performed same function as a tube, much smaller In 1958, Scientist developed the Integrated Circuit (computer chip) contains a number of transistors and other components In 1958, Scientist developed the Integrated Circuit (computer chip) contains a number of transistors and other components Allowed electronics to be smaller and cheaper Allowed electronics to be smaller and cheaper

Technological Developments Salk Vaccine Vaccine - Uses killed or weakened form of a germ to help body build defenses against that germ Vaccine - Uses killed or weakened form of a germ to help body build defenses against that germ Jonas Salk developed a polio vaccine in 1952 Jonas Salk developed a polio vaccine in 1952

Read- The Development of the Suburbs

Warm Up: How has the development of the suburbs changed America?

The Suburbs Levittown, NY Based on affordability Based on affordability Mass construction of homes Mass construction of homes -Assembly line techniques Purchased with assistance of GI Bill Purchased with assistance of GI Bill Refused to sell homes to African Americans Refused to sell homes to African Americans

The Suburbs The Sunbelt U.S. population began to shift U.S. population began to shift Western and Southern portions of the nation Western and Southern portions of the nation Air conditioning Air conditioning California population million million million million

The art of rebellion Art of the 1950’s stressed rebellion against social norms Art of the 1950’s stressed rebellion against social norms Marlon BrandoJames Dean

The art of rebellion Elvis Presley

The art of rebellion “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!” “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!” Jack Kerouac

“My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.” “My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.” “I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion” “I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion”