1. What are you thoughts about life in the 1950’s when you see this photo?

2. From a Home Economics textbook in the 1950's...
* Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready on time for his return. Most men are hungry when they get home and the prospect of a good meal is part of the warm welcome needed.
* Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people.
Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives. Run a dustcloth over the tables.
* During the cooler months of the year you should prepare and light a fire for him to unwind by. After all, catering to his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.
* Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.
* Don't complain if he's late for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through at work.
* Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soothing and pleasant voice.
* A good wife always knows her place.

3. Define the 5 elements in your notes:
Decade of the 1950’s
Objective: Summarize the 5 Elements of life in the 1950’s and be able to spot examples of each.
Define the 5 elements in your notes:
Consumerism
Communism
Conformity
Race Issues
Rebellion
Consumerism, Communism (fear; Red Scare),Conformity, Race, Rebellion, Prosperity

4. Levittown houses!
Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky-tacky, Little boxes, little boxes, Little boxes, all the same.
And they all have pretty children, And the children go to school. And then to the university, And they all get put in boxes And they all come out the same.
What happens when the boys come back from the war? Credit card invented. How does this fuel “consumerism” and prosperity? Television is invented…400 million have them by Jackie Robinson..first black baseball player.

7. James Dean