1. the 1950’s Kayley, Jade, Olyvia, Annie & Kylie

2. Fashion Women Knit Dresses Petticoats Fitted Coats Mink Fur Easter Bonnets Fitted Skirts Shown is a model in the 1950’s. http://www.homeazy.info/1950-womens-fashion/

3. Fashion Mens Sport Coats Suits Slacks Sweaters Casual Wears Hats Shown below are two men in hats, men were never out without their hats. They wore them all the time. http://fiftiesweb.com/fashion/1950s- mens-fashion/ Shown above are two men in what most men were dressed in. http://fiftiesweb.com/fashi on/1950s-mens-fashion/

4. Fashion Teenagers Sweaters Dresses with Straps Knee Length Skirts In the end of the 1950’s Leather started to become very popular. All clothing had a common standard look, so there weren’t many dramatically different style choices. To the side is how teenage schoolgirls dressed normally. http://www.retrowaste.co m/1950s/fashion-in-the- 1950s/1950s-fashion-for- teens-styles-trends- pictures/

5. Technology Color television invented(1950) First organ transplant(1950) Modern credit card introduced(1950) Color television introduced(1951) Car seat belts introduced(1952) Polio vaccine created(1952) DNA discovered(1953) Report states cigarettes cause Cancer(1954) T.V. Remote control introduced(1956) Velcro Introduced(1956) Soviet Satellite Sputnik Launches space age(1957) NASA founded(1958)

6. Food A normal week of food would look like: Pasta with red sauce, green salad, garlic bread Pot roast, potatoes, vegetables, rolls Tacos, fruit salad Mac & Cheese, salad Hamburgers, fries, carrots Homemade pizza, salad Baked chicken, rice pilaf, vegetables, biscuits

7. Music The 1950’s were the beginning of classical rock and roll, with Elvis in the mid-late fifties, as well as a wide range of other, less renowned rock artists. Popular Artists: ● Nat King Cole ● Rosemary Cooley ● Johnny Cash ● Elvis Presley ● Chuck Berry To the left, Kitty Wells, a well-known artist in the late 1950’s.

8. Music Popular songs included (but were not limited to): Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole Sentimental Me - Ames Brothers If - Perry Como Heart and Soul - The Four Aces Till I Waltz Again with You - Teresa Brewer Teresa Brewer shown above.

9. Music Often, music was slow and simple, with repeating patterns, and most of the lyrics involved love. Here is an example of one such piece.

10. Big Events 1950- ● First “Peanuts Cartoon strip ● Korean War began ● Senator Joseph McCarthy begins Communist witch hunt ● U.S President Truman orders construction of hydrogen bomb 1951- ● Truman signs Peace Treaty with Japan, officially ending WWII ● South Africans forced to carry ID cards identifying race.

11. Big Events 1954- ● Segregation ruled illegal in the U.S 1955- ● Disneyland Opens ● Montgomery Bus Boycott begins 1957- ● Dr. Seuss publishes “The Cat in the Hat”

12. Big Events 1958- ● NASA founded ● Peace symbol created 1959- ● Kitchen Debate between Nixon and Khrushchev

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