1. Find out about what happened in the 1970's!
Britain In The 1970's
Find out about what happened in the 1970's!
By: Sarah Nuttall, Ava Hernon, Josh Grey, Casper Kemp and Taite Johnston!!!

2. Alert! Alert!
Throughout this presentation you have to listen carefully because there is a quiz at the end of this powerpoint so listen and enjoy......

3. Fashion hot pants bell bottoms platform shoes rayon dresses
jersey wrap dresses
3 piece suits

4. saturday night fever disco look swimsuit
More Fashion
saturday night fever
disco look
swimsuit

5. Abba ABBA are a music group originally from Sweden.
They started in 1972.
They were called ABBA because they took the first letter in each members name and put it together to make ABBA.
They entered the eurovision in and came 1st.
They broke up in 1982.

6. Queen Queen are a british pop band formed in London in 1970.
Things were going great for Queen but then at a concert that they were performing, Brian May suddenly collapsed on stage.
Queen still perform famous songs even after the sad death of Freddie Mercury, lead singer.
They performed "Somebody to love" in and "Don't Stop Me Now" in 1979.
They were number "1" for 24 weeks!

7. Glastonbury Glastonbury takes place in Pilton,Somerset.
Here is a list of how many tickets were sold every year.
1970<->6500
1971<->12500
1978<->500
1979<->12000

8. Technology The floppy disk was invented.
The barcode was invented in the late 1970s such as 1976.
Computers were handy.
Unfortunately plane companies shut down as the computer invented basic and messaging systems.
<--- Floppy disk.

9. Transport Transport in the 1970s was getting more and more advanced!
The jet age had fully and truly arrived!
The costs were extremely high though.
<--- a jet from the 1970s!

10. Newsround
Newsround started in 1972 with John Craven, now he's on countryfile on itv.
It was colored and it still is the same theme tune...
NEWSROUND! ----> newsround looks back at the 1970s

11. Flash Gordon!
The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, also known as The Adventures of Flash Gordon, is an animated television series. The series is actually called Flash Gordon but the expanded title is used in official records to distinguish it from previous versions.
FLASH!
Gordon!
Savior of the universe!

12. Margaret Thatcher
In 1979 Margaret Thatcher became prime minister. Lots of men did not want a lady to become prime minister because they thought women couldn't handle their country. Margaret Thatcher was known as the iron lady because she never gave up.
on our country.

13. Miners Strike
The 1972 miners strike happened on the 9th of February.

14. British Commonwealth Games
The 1970s Commonwealth games were held in the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh and they were from 16th July to 25th July They occur every 4 years just like the Olympics. The Commonwealth games are a mixture of sports and the competitors are from the commonwealth nation.

15. A 1970 Disaster! In 1973, it rained so much a river burst its banks.
So many people were killed those weeks the flooding was around.
1253 casualties.
loads of houses were washed away too, including a mansion, a 7 story building and a harbour.

16. Thank You for listening! But this isn't the END!
Those who did this! your Awsome!
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Thanks to: Everyone who helped make this awesome presentation.

17. Quiz Where were the british commonwealth games held?
When did Margaret Thatcher become Prime Minister?
In what year did the louisiana burst its banks?
What colour text was the last page?
What subject was covered in the 1970s transport?
How many tickets were sold for Glastonbury in 1970?

18. Scores 5-6 correct. very good you listened well!
3-4 correct. well done you have listened.
0-2 correct. hmmm... are you sure you listened. maybe you should look through this presentation again...
You get a prize!! we'll mark your work as the other people do their presentations!