May 8th to May 12th of 2017

[3 Angelina]

Monday- 

Work on decade project or forum posts. Mr. Bruns was gone today due to tennis.

Tuesday-

Presentations// 1950's

Music

1. Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly)
2. Come Go With Me (Del Vikings)
3. Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley)

Movies

1. All About Eve (1950)
2. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
3. High Noon (1952)
4. Shane (1953) 
5. Dial M For Murder (1954)
6. To Catch A Thief (1955)
7. The Searchers (1956)
8. The Seventh Seal (1957)
9. Vertigo (1958)
10. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

TV Shows

1. I Love Lucy
2. Gunsmoke
3. The Rifleman
4. Laramie
5. Have Gun, Will Travel

Basic Facts

1. Gas
   1. 1950=$0.18
2. New car
   1. $1,511
3. Average Rent
   1. $75
4. College cost to Harvard
   1. $600
5. Average income
   1. $3,216
6. US postage stamp
   1. $0.03

Interesting Facts

1. RCA broadcast the 1st colored tv program on June 25, 1951
2. Elvis Presley was introduced to radio listeners on July 8, 1953 with the song "That's All Right"
3. First nuclear submarine launched on Jan 21, 1954

Fashion

1. Women
   1. Feminine look
   2. Unpadded, natural, rounded shoulders
   3. Natural waistlines
   4. Full, billowy skirts
   5. Blouses
   6. Long, narrow skirts
   7. Handbags and gloves
   8. Jewelry
      1. Pearl necklaces, bracelets and earrings
      2. Hair even shorter than in 40's
2. Men
   1. Clean-cut
   2. Short hair
   3. Pressed, well-fitted suits
   4. Wide brimmed Panama hats
   5. Straw hats
3. Young and Teenage Girls
   1. Much of same fashions as adult women
   2. Ponytails
   3. Casual look (jeans)
4. Young and Teenage Boys
   1. Clean cut
   2. Short hair
   3. Pants or jeans
   4. T-shirts
   5. Collared shirts
   6. Sweaters 
   7. Short jackets
   8. White socks and black shoes

Fads

1. Hula hoops
   1. Instantly popular when they came out in 1958
2. 3D moviesPoodle skirts
   1. Golden era of 3D
   2. Fad died down after customers complaining about their eyes hurting afterwards 
3. Coonskin hats (Davy Crockett)

Inventions

1. Hula Hoop
2. Telephone answering machine (1950)
3. Superglue (1951)
4. Mr. Potato Head (1952)
5. Bar Code (1952)
6. Credit Card (1951)
7. TV Remote(1956)

Major Historical Events

1. McCarthy Communist "Witch Hunt" (1950)
2. Churchill is elected back into office as UK prime minister (1951)
3. Polio vaccine (1952)
4. DNA discovered (1953)
5. Stalin dies (1953)
6. Discovered that cigarettes cause cancer (1954)
7. Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
8. Launch of Sputnik-Space age (1957)
9. NASA founded (1958)
10. Castro becomes dictator of Cuba (1959)

• Brown vs Board of Education case (1953)
• 22nd amendment passed

Wednesday - NO SCHOOL 

Thursday - Work Day

Friday - 

Presentation// 1990's

Music

1. NSYNC
2. Backstreet Boys
3. Eminem
4. Will Smith
5. Billy Ray Cyrus
6. Brooks and Dunn

Movies 

1. Forrest Gump
2. Jurassic Park 
3. Home Alone
4. The Lion King
5. Titanic
6. Toy Story
7. Saving Private Ryan
8. Thin Red Line
9. Toy Story 2
10. Aladdin
11. Cry Baby

Fads

1. Beanie Babies
2. Bleached hair
3. Fanny packs
4. Giga pets/ tamagotchi
5. Piercings and tattoos

Famous Places and Events

1. Cold War came to an end
2. Bill Clinton has affair with Monica Lewinski
3. Basketball player Magic Johnson announces he has HIV

Presidential Elections

1. George H. W. Bush (1988-1992)
2. Bill Clinton (1992-1996)
3. Bill Clinton (1996-2000)

Important Acts

1. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
   1. Nations first comprehensive civil rights law addressing the needs of people with disabilities, no discrimination in employment of public services
2. Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990
   1. Amended age discrimination in employment act for older workers' employee benefits
3. Civil Rights Act of 1991
   1. US labor law in response to Supreme Court decisions that limited the rights of employees who sued employers for discrimination 

Fashion

1. GrungeOveralls
   1. Worn out jeans, flannel shirts
2. Big tshirts and long shorts
3. Tapered pants
4. Turtleneck sweaters
5. Mullets were stylish for a couple years
6. Hip hop artist fashion became mainstream
7. Industrial and military styles in mid 90's
   1. Camo pants
8. Late 90's rave culture
   1. Looking rich was cool
   2. Name brand designers

• Cold War ending
• Persian Gulf War (1990-91)Bill Clinton scandal
  • In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait 
  • US sends troops to Saudi Arabia
  • Tried to send message for Iraq to back out of Kuwait
  • We invade Kuwait and free Kuwait
  • Iraq is pushed back