1. 19 – 3 Vocabulary/Identification
mass media
Jazz
beat movement
rock ‘n’ roll
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

2. Chapter 19 – 3
Popular Culture

3. Television – The Birth of the Boob Tube Live and in Black & White
Shows included:
I Love Lucy
See It Now
Play House 90
Leave it to Beaver
Milton Berle Show

4. Television – The Birth of the Boob Tube Live and in Black & White
Comedy
Idealized white American
Western Frontier

5. Leave it to Beaver The ‘Beav’ goes to Court

6. Television – The Birth of the Boob Tube Live and in Black & White
Poverty
Diversity
Racial Discrimination
Contemporary Conflicts

7. Radio Days Competed with TV by turning to local programming.
Began targeting specialized audiences.
Children
Teens

8. Radio Days
Hundreds of stations focused on African – American performers.
Created concerns with mainstream America
Helped sell records
Promoted concerts.

9. The Drifters

10. Film Introduced innovations like;
stereoscope sound and Cinema-Scope to capitalize on its advantages over TV.
Fads like piped in smells and 3-D

11. The Beat Movement Famous writers included: Characteristics:
Allen Ginsberg
Jack Kerouac
Characteristics:
Nonconformity
Anti-materialism
Interest in higher consciousness
Shunning of structure in art and life.

12. Rock and Roll Credited for making it popular including: Alan Freed
Elvis Presley
Chuck Berry
Little Richard TV
Radio

13. Rock and Roll Characteristics included: Heavy rhythm
Simple melodies and lyrics
Focus on youth

14. Buddy Holly and the Crickets

15. Racial Gap
African – American artists shows were broadcasted on separate radio stations.
African – American stations grew to counter TV since most AA did not own them.
By 1954, 250 stations played black music to mostly African – Americans.

16. Homework
19 – 3 Re-teaching/Skillbuilder
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