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Week of May 15-19

Posted by 1Kara on May 15, 2017 at 8:46am

Monday: presentation notes

1960's presentation continued 

Video Games

  1. Spacewar (1962)
  2. Space Travel (1969)

Sports

  1. Football
    1. Most famous team was the Green Bay Packers
      1. They won 2 super bowls
  2. Basketball
    1. Boston Celtics was most popular
    2. Won 9 out of 10 championships
  3. Boxing
    1. Owned by Muhammad Ali
    2. Amazed audiences with his fighting style
  4. Baseball

Womens Fashion 

  1. Early 60's based on Jackie Kennedy
    1. Well fitted dress
      1. Aline dress
    2. Jacket with one button
    3. Low heeled shoes
    4. Loafers
    5. Simplistic
    6. Chunky jewelry
    7. Hats
  2. Mid to late
    1. Graveyard look
    2. Bright, pastel patterns
    3. Pointy shoes
    4. Color tights
    5. Simplistic yet chic
    6. Hippie or boho age

Men's Fashion

  1. Throughout decade
    1. Longer shaggy hair
    2. Casual business wear
    3. Polos
    4. Bell bottom pants
    5. Striped sweaters
    6. Geometric patterns
    7. Earthy tones

Fads

  1. Afros
  2. Barbies
  3. Bell bottoms
  4. Lava lamps 
  5. Ouija boards 
  6. The twist
  7. Tie dye shirts

Inventions

  1. Artificial heart (1969)
  2. Handheld calculator (1967)
  3. Computer mouse (1964)
  4. ATM (1969)

Presidential Elections

  1. Nixon vs Kennedy (1960)
    1. Closest election
    2. Republican-Nixon
    3. Democrat-Kennedy
    4. Popular vote
      1. 49.5% for Nixon 
      2. 49.7% for Kennedy
    5. 100,000 more votes
    6. 303-219 margin 
  2. Johnson vs Goldwater
    1. 1964
    2. Republican-Goldwater
    3. Democrat-Johnson
    4. Popular vote
      1. 61% for Johnson
      2. 39% for Goldwater
      3. 486-52 margin 
  3. Nixon vs Humphrey vs Wallace
    1. 1968
    2. Republican-Nixon
    3. Democrat-Humphrey
    4. 3rd party-Wallace
    5. Popular votes
      1. 43% for Nixon
      2. 42% for Humphrey
    6. Electoral vote
      1. 55.9% for Nixon
      2. 35.5 for Humphrey
    7. 301-191 margin 

Major Historical Events

  1. 1960
    1. 1st televised presidential debates
    2. Birth control is approved by FDA
  2. 1961
    1. Berlin Wall built
    2. JFK gives "Man on the Moon" speech
    3. Peace Corps founded
    4. Stalin's body removed from Lenin's mausoleum
    5. Freedom riders challenge segregation on interstate buses
    6. Bay of Pigs invasion 
  3. 1962
    1. Cuban missile crisis
    2. Famous escape from Alcatraz
    3. First Wal-mart
    4. Marilyn Monroe singe happy birthday to JFK
    5. 1st person killed crossing the Berlin Wall
  4. 1963
    1. 16th street Baptist church bombing
    2. 1st woman in space
    3. Martin Luther King JR makes "I Have a Dream" speech
    4. March on Washington
    5. JFK assassinated
  5. 1964
    1. Civil Rights Act passed
    2. Nelson Mandela sentenced to life in prison
    3. Warren report on JFK's assassination issued 
  6. 1965
    1. Malcolm X assassinated
    2. Los Angeles riots
    3. NYC great blackout
    4. US sends troops to Vietnam
  7. 1966
    1. Mass draft protests in US
    2. National Organization for Women founded 
  8. 1967
    1. 1st Superbowl
    2. 3 US astronauts killed during simulated launch
    3. Thurgood Marshall becomes 1st African-American US Supreme Court Justice
  9. 1968
    1. My Lai Massacre
    2. Zodiac killer strikes
    3. Spy ship USS Pueblo captured
    4. MLK Jr assassinated
  10. 1969
    1. Arpanet, the precursor of the internet is created
    2. Neil Armstrong becomes the 1st man on the moon
    3. Sesame Street 1st airs

Scandal

  1. Monroe and Kennedy
    1. Blew up when she sang happy birthday to him

Basic Facts

  1. New house cost $15,000
  2. Candy bar cost $0.05
  3. Tuition to Harvard was $1,520
  4. Packers won first Superbowl

Tuesday: presentation notes

1970's presentation 

Sports

  1. Most popular sports
    1. Football
      1. Larry Little
    2. Soccer
      1. Pele
    3. Boxing
      1. Muhammad Ali
    4. Baseball
      1. Reggie Jackson
    5. Basketball

Popular Music Types

  1. Aside from disco there was 
    1. Funk
    2. Smooth jazz
    3. Jazz fusion
    4. Soul music
  2. Popular artists
    1. Funk
      1. Kool and the Gang
      2. Earth Wing and Fire
      3. Aretha Franklin
    2. Smooth Jazz
      1. George Benson
    3. Jazz Fusion
      1. Herbie Hancock
    4. Soul
      1. Marvin Gaye

Movies

  1. Star Wars (1977)

Cars

  1. Chevy Camaro 
  2. Chevelle

Video Games

  1. Pong
  2. Space Invaders
  3. Asteroids
  4. Computer Space
  5. Stunt Cycle 
  • Watergate Scandal
    • Hotel in DC
    • Also an office complex
    • Democratic national headquarters in Watergate office complex
    • 5 people broke into it
      • They were trying to bug the phones
      • They realized one of the wire taps wasn't working so they went back in
      • Got caught
    • 2 guys thought this wasn't normal
    • Traced it back to CRP (Committee to Reelect President)
    • Recordings of the president 
    • Supreme Court rules to give over tapes
    • Nixon gives them blacked out tapes
    • Found out that Nixon was involved in the cover up 
    • Nixon eventually resigns 
  • 1972 Election
    • Nixon won in a blowout
    • Nixon's people put together an organization called the Dirty Tricks Campaign 
      • Played dirty tricks on the candidates that they didn't want to go up against 
    • Democratic candidates got mad at each other
      • They dropped
      • George McGovern was the only one left  
      • Nixon destroyed him 

Wednesday: presentation notes

1980's presentation (ours)

Thursday: presentation notes

2000's presentation 

Music

  1. Pop
    1. Most popular
    2. Taylor Swift
    3. Katy Perry
    4. Lady Gaga
    5. Justin Bieber
  2. Hip Hop/ Rap
    1. Lil Wayne
    2. Eminem
    3. Drake 
    4. Kanye West
  3. Country
  4. Rock
  5. Explicit lyrics becoming more common

Movies

  1. Most visually advanced
  2. 3D
  3. Science Fiction
  4. Comedy
  5. Superhero

Sports

  1. Football-NFL
    1. Most popular league in America
    2. Tom Brady
    3. Peyton Manning
  2. Basketball-NBA
    1. 2nd most popular league in America
    2. 30 teams
    3. LeBron James
    4. Kobe Bryant
  3. Women's Soccer
    1. Dominant recently
    2. Won Olympics (2004, 2008, 2012)
  4. Men's Soccer
    1. Increasing popularity
    2. Landon Donovan
  5. Women's Tennis
    1. Serena and Venus Williams
  6. Golf
    1. Tiger Woods

Inventions

  1. iPhone
  2. USB flash drive
  3. Social media
  4. iPod
  5. Bluetooth
  6. Youtube
  7. Spotify 

TV Shows

  1. Arrested Development
  2. The Thick of It
  3. The Office

Video games

  1. Playstation 2
  2. Gamecube
  3. X-box 360
  4. Wii
  5. X-box one

Fashion

  1. Early 200's
    1. Women
      1. Lace up jeans
      2. Trucker hats
      3. Chokers
      4. Studded belts
      5. Ripped jeans
    2. Men
      1. Highlighted hair
      2. Popped collar
      3. Colored jeans

Fads

  1. Myspace
  2. Silly Bandz
  3. Chain wallets
  4. "Ricer" cars

Wars

  1. War in Afghanistan (2001-present)
    1. After 9-11
  2. Iraq War (2003-11)
    1. Saddam Hussein was getting massive war weapons
  3. War in Pakistan (2004-present)
    1. Extension of Afghanistan 
  4. War with ISIS (2014-present)

Civil rights

  1. June 23, 2003
    1. Supreme Court holds up Michigan schools right to judge acceptance based on race 
  2. Ferguson Missouri
    1. Darren Wilson shoots and kills Michael Brown
    2. Lots of revolting after the shooting
  3. Gay rights
    1. Gay marriage allowed in Massachusetts (2004)
    2. Iowa allows same-sex marriage (2009)
    3. Obama endorses same-sex marriage (2012)

George W. Bush's Life

  1. Comes from rich family
  2. Goes to Yale
  3. Marries Laura Welch
  4. Joins United Methodist Church
  5. Had twin daughters
  6. Sells struggling oil business
  7. Becomes governor of Texas in 1994
  8. Election
    1. Wins republican nomination 1999
    2. Bush was at 246. Gore had 255
    3. Florida reported ballot problems
    4. A month of recounts later, Bush is declared winner
    5. Al Gore had over 500,000 more popular votes which lead to controversy
  9. 2004 Election
    1. Bush: 286 electoral, 62 million popular votes
  10. Bush's Presidency
    1. Orders 1.35 trillion dollars in tax cuts
    2. Passed many act to stimulate the economy
    3. Passed No Child Left Behind Act
    4. Creates homeland security
    5. Unemployment went from 4.2% to 7.8%

9/11

  1. September 11, 2001
  2. Terrorist hijack 4 planes
  3. 2 planes hit the Twin Towers
  4. 1 plane hit the Pentagon
  5. 1 went down in Pennsylvania
  6. Al Qaeda claims responsibility
  7. Later hunt and kill Osama Bin Laden

Barack Obama

  1. Taught constitutional law for a couple years
  2. Becomes senator of Illinois
  3. Runs for House of Representatives in 2000 but loses
  4. 2008 Election
    1. Tight battle with Hillary Clinton
    2. Later he defeats John McCain
  5. 2012 Election
    1. Obama vs Romney
    2. Obama wins in tight race
  6. Presidency
    1. Expands children's healthcare
    2. Cuts taxes for working families, small businesses, and home-buyers
    3. Improves foreign policy
    4. Opens up to Cuba and Venezuela 

Donald Trump

  1. 2016 election
    1. Hillary vs Trump
    2. Trump: 306 electoral; 46.4 % popular
    3. Hillary: 232 electoral; 48.5% popular

Basic Facts

  1. Gallon of Gas: $1.27
  2. Avg home price: $161,000

1950's 

Sports

  1. Baseball
    1. Becoming more popular
  2. Golf
  3. Boxing
  4. Football
  5. Tennis
  6. Soccer

Korean War

  1. Lasted 3 years
  2. North Korea attacked South Korea
  3. South Korea joined US

Presidential Elections

  1. Dwight D' Eisenhower (1953))
  2. Harry S. Truman(1945-53)

Scandals

  1. Quiz Show Scandal
  2. Basketball Scandal

Friday: semester test

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