1. Post-War Technology
You will analyze the impact of changing technology and social and economic conditions on Canada’s prosperity and lifestyles in the 1950s and 1960.

2. In the 1950s and 1960s
How did technology affect lifestyle through transportation, television, labour-saving devices, and industrialization?
How did the attitudes or values affect lifestyles?

3. Social & Economic Conditions
Employment increased
Workers immigrated to Canada (jobs)
Bought new products
Manufacturers hired more to meet demand
Consumer society emerged (credit card)
Social security programs meant more $ available
25% lived with poverty
Equalization grants due to regional disparity