Pop Culture By: Jamie Kurilla & Alexis Blouch
Girls wore poodle skirts and guys wore white t-shirts and black leather jackets just like the characters from the hit movie grease.
New inventions that were created was the credit card, super glue, Mr. potato head, hydrogen bomb, diet soda, radial tires, birth control, hovercraft, computer modem, laser, microchip, and the Barbie doll.
Some hit music in the 1950’s was Hound Dog - Elvis Presley Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent & the Bluecaps Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins / Elvis Presley Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Girls wore skirts hemmed up above the knee. You weren’t allowed to wear pants or shorts in school. Bell-bottoms were popular in the 60’s and they didn’t pay more then 4 dollars for them! WOW
New inventions that were created in the 1960’s was the video disk, compact disk, handheld calculator, atm, barcode, scanner, computer mouse, and audio cassette tapes.
The top song picks for the 1960’s were The Loco-Motion - Little Eva Surfin' USA - Beach Boys Wild Thing – Troggs Respect - Aretha Franklin Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf The top song picks for the 1960’s were The Loco-Motion - Little Eva Surfin' USA - Beach Boys Wild Thing – Troggs Respect - Aretha Franklin Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf
The outfits were bright and big patterned. (Flowers, circles, squares) just about every guy had an Afro. The girls had long super straight hair parted down the middle. A lot of the teens and “hip” adults wore platform shoes.
New inventions in the 1970’s were the floppy disk, post-it-notes, ink jet printer, cell phones, the Walkman, and roller blades.
The top song picks were Y.M.C.A. – The Village People Walk This Way – Aerosmith We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions – Queen Stayin' Alive - The Bee Gees Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Works cited: "1960's Teen Clothing." Sixties Fashions. Candace Rich, Web. 25 May "1960's Teen Clothing." Sixties Fashions. Candace Rich, Web. 25 May "Top Ten Songs Of Each Year." DigitalDreamDoor, 19 Sept Web. 25 May "Top Ten Songs Of Each Year." DigitalDreamDoor, 19 Sept Web. 25 May "20th Century Timeline." About.com. New York Times Company, Web. 24 May The Year 1945 From The People History. The People History Where People Memories and History Join. Web. 24 May "1970s - Music List." PCM. Web. 24 May
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