May 16 -20

Monday - We finished the 50's and my group volunteered to present.

Tuesday - We finished our presentation.

Wednesday - The 60's are now presenting.

1960's

Music
- Elvis
- The Beetles
Movie
- Psycho
- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
- The Apartment
- To Kill A Mockingbird
- Sound Of Music
- Mary Poppins
- Actors/Actoress
  - Clint Eastwood
  - Doris Day
  - Lee Van Cleef
  - Julie Andrews
  - John Wayne
Tv Shows
- Popeye
- the Andy Griffith Show
- The Flintstones
- Mister ED
- the Beverly Hillbillies
- Star Trek
- Leave it to Beaver
- Bewitched
Video Games
- Space War
- Space travel
Sports
- Alpine Skiing/Grass Skiing
- Football
  - interest grew
  - games played on Sundays
    - more people could watch
  - Del Shofner
    - Los Angeles Rams 57-60
    - New York Giants 60-63
  - Charley Taylore
    - Washington Redskins 64-75, 77
  - Gary Collins
    - Cleveland Browns 62-71
- Baseball
  - Jackie Robinson
    - first black player in major leagues
- Basketball
  - Elgin Baylore
    - one of greatest all time
  - Bob Pettit
    - first player in the league to top 20,000 points
  - Uniform
    - tall socks
    - short shorts
    - tanktop
Fashion
- Woman
  - clean
  - simple
  - perfectly matched accessories
  - wore dresses without collars
  - jackets
  - low heeled shoes
- Men
  - pants were tighter
  - sporty
  - peacoat was popular
  - scarves
    - silk
    - tied like a loose tie
  - cardigan
  - comb-over hair
Fads
- Afros
- Go-Go boots
- Lava Lamps
- Mini Skirts
- Slot Cars
- Turtle Necks
- Dye Shirts
- dance The Twist
- Bell-bottom jeans
Inventions
- Telstar
  - experimental satellite communication
- ATM
  - could give money from account
  - later would display bank account information and other important things
- Kevlar
  - bulletproof vest
  - parachutes
  - underwater cables
  - boats/skiis
- Fiber-Tip Pen
  - Japanese style writing
  - marker style
- Computer mouse
  - only go up, down, left, right
Major Events
- Kennedy Assassination
  - going home from speech in Texas
  - bullet struck president's neck/head
  - around 12:30
- Federal Protection for Freedom Riders
  - tried to get rid of segregation
- Presidential Elections
  - 1960
    - Jon F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon
      - Kennedy won
  - 1968
    - Richard Nixon vs. Hubert Humphrey
      - Nixon Won
- JFK Proposes Moon Program
  - Kennedy plans to land man on the moon by the end of the decade
  - July 20, 1969 - Neil Armstrong
- Voting Rights Act
  - prohibited racial discrimination while voting
  - enforced voting rights of the 14th/15th amendment
- Civil Rights Act
  - act of 1960
  - federal law where searched polls so you couldn't obstruct someone else's name
- Medicare and Medicaid
  - President Lyndon Johnson signed bill
  - medicare for elderly
  - helathcare for people on Welfare

Thursday - We finished the 60's presentation. My notes are continued above. The 1970's began their presentation.

1970's

Fashion
- Leisure suits
- Bell-bottom jeans
- Go-go boots
- straight dresses
- acordian skirts
- fly colors
- daisy dukes
- puffy/curled hair
Music
- Elvis Presley
- John Lenin
- Elton John
Fads
- 8 track tape players
- Cork pop guns
- Dashboard hula girls
- Glass eating
- Streakers
  - running naked in the streets
- Disco
- Afros
- Roller Skates
Movies
- Animal House
- Smokey and the Bandit
- MASH
- Star Wars
- Superman
- Star Trek (motion picture)
- The Godfather
- Jaws
- Alien
- Big Actors
  - Bert Reynolds
  - Harrison Ford
Video Games
- Space Invaders
- Pong
- Galaxian
- Asteroids
- Tank
- Game Consoles
  - Atari
  - Telstar
  - Philips
Inventions
- 1970
  - Floppy Disk
  - Daisy wheel Printer
- 1971
  - Food Processor
  - Microprocessor
  - VCR
- 1972
  - Word Processor
  - Hacky Sack
- 1974
  - Post-it notes
  - Liposuction
- 1975
  - Laser printer
  - Push through tabs on drink cans
- 1976
  - Inkjet Printer
- 1977
  - MRI
- 1978
  - Visicalc
  - Jarvik-7
    - first artificial heart
- 1979
  - Roller bldes
  - Cellphones
  - Walkman
  - Cray Supercomputer
TV Shows
- All in the Family
- M*A*S*H
- The Waltons
Major Events
- US President orders invasion of Cambodia
  - widening war in Vietnam
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
  - August 7,1964
- 26th Amendment Ratified
  - changed vote age from 21 to 18
  - many students wanted this right
- Beatles Break up
  - lots of people cared
  - beacon of hope in dark times
Presidential Elections
- Nixon (37th)
  - improved relations with Soviet Union and China
  - wound down the Vietnam War
- Ford (38th)
  - pardoned Nixon
- Carter (39th)
  - Middle East Peace
  - Soaring Oil Prices
  - High Inflation
  - Iran Hostage Crisis
Government Scandals
- Tax Evasion
  - Spiro Agnew
- Watergate
  - Republicans spying on Democrats
  - Break in the Democratic National committee Headquarter
  - Tapping phones
Equal Rights
- Pus for equal rights for women
  - March 22, 1972
- Equal Rights Amendment
  - invalidated laws that impose greater restrictions on
  - women in business
  - woman in custody and alimony cases

Friday - We continued the presentation and I continued the notes above. We began the 80's presentation.

1980's

Music
- Don't Stop Believin'
- With or Without You
- Thriller
- Girls Just Wanna (Have Fun)
- Eye of the Tiger
- Purple Rain
- Singers
  - Micheal Jackson
  - Madonna

Inventions
- DNA
  - Fingerprints
- Digital Cell Phones
Major Events
- Iran Contra Affair
  - Iran and Iraq at war
  - supply Iran
  - strengthen relationship
- Ben Johnson Scandal
  - failed drug test
    - steroids
  - won track race
- Pete Rose Booted from Baseball
  - one of best players
  - manager
    - bet on Reds to win
  - not eligable for hall of fame

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