1. How traditional was life for young people in the 1950s?
C – to explain how life was traditional and not traditional
B – to explain both sides and reach a judgement
a/A* - to explain both sides, reach a judgement and suggest why this was the case
Read my comments in your books and then write down your title.
How accurate is this source?
What do you need to do when you answering these kind of questions?

2. Read pp. 18-19 OCR book and pp. 482-483 Ben Walsh
Young people lived in traditional ways in the 1950s.
Write as many bullet points as you can to answer this question.
Why was life more traditional for young people in the 1950s?

4. Name of 1950s TV Shows
What is the show like?
What does it show you about 1950s culture for young people?

5. Teenagers didn’t exist in the 1950s. Debate!

6. Young people lived in traditional ways in the 1950s.
Write as many bullet points as you can to answer this question.
Can you add anything else to this after your TV shows?
Why was life more traditional for young people in the 1950s?

7. Austerity Britain
Why was life more traditional for young people in the 1950s? Andrew Marr – 16 mins 15 s episode 1

8. What was less traditional for young people?
Why was this source published?
Infer from the source and evaluate in your answer.

10. Read the article and answer these questions.
How are young people forming their own youth sub-culture?
What has caused this new sub-culture to emerge?
Is the headline an accurate headline?

11. How reliable is this source?
Teddy boys run riot when the clock strikes one!
Anthony Sampson takes his seat in the front row as Rock Around the Clock brings a new sound to south London
Newspaper headline, 1956
How reliable is this source?

12. What caused this riot?
Technology

13. Americanisation

14. In what ways was life modernising for young people?

15. In what ways was life modernising for young people?

16. What else caused this rebellion?
What does this suggest to you about the number of live births in the 1950s?
Why might this have happened?
What impact would it have?

17. Homework – due Wednesday 10th December
Read the article and answer these questions.
Why did Britain have American influence?
How did American influence affect Britain during WWII?
How did American influence affect Britain after WWII?