The+1950s


 * THE 1950s MODULE**

This page is undergoing a bit of a rebuilding process.

Video: Objective 7.6-Fifties Pop Culture This is good []

Pete Seeger Little Boxes http://youtu.be/ONEYGU_7EqU

1950s cars had style http://youtu.be/SNQ7qq78AOo

1959 First EVER Barbie Commercial http://youtu.be/h8-avPUxyno

Disneyland opens 1958 http://youtu.be/JbYeyEZv3T8

Billy Graham London Crusade 120,000 at Wembley Stadium http://youtu.be/XWO6e29qtq8 1957 NYC Crusade Billy Graham Draws Record Crowd to Yankee Stadium http://youtu.be/nINuuFxuku0 Bev Shea "How Great Thou Art" full (Billy Graham New York Crusade 1957) http://youtu.be/d_tAmHIbHWs Remembering George Beverly Shea, Billy Graham Crusade Soloist dies at 104 http://youtu.be/iWU2evJ8JuU

Interstate Highway Act http://youtu.be/OpGCpsNG5Rc

ROCK AND ROLL/TV SITCOMS

Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows: playlist http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8WpHjm0SIjTTm2LbfxsKZEMDFUNey5X2

Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows: 1950s http://youtu.be/4wKlth2yTF8

Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows: 1960s http://youtu.be/ZkkgwaBceog

Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows: 1970s http://youtu.be/PeN3erlo7-c

Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows: 1980s http://youtu.be/rGlerRJ29rg

I Love Lucy clips:

Lucy hires a maid http://youtu.be/bMSu-uxtTzo

English pronunciation http://youtu.be/uZV40f0cXF4

Chocolate factory http://youtu.be/8NPzLBSBzPI

Why we remember song lyrics so well http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zgqqrdm

Mix - Little Richard, Tutti Frutti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFq5O2kabQo&list=RDQFq5O2kabQo

Mix - Danny & the Juniors - At The Hop (American Bandstand 1958) This is the one to use first http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXq8oQ5DNbQ&list=RDjXq8oQ5DNbQ

Best Songs of 1950s - Greatest Hits of Rock and Roll, Music Videos Can click and go directly to YouTube http://www.boomerslife.org/best_songs_1950s_rock_and_roll.htm

Best Songs of 1960s http://www.boomerslife.org/best_songs_1980s_alternative_rock_and_roll_music_hits.htm

Best Songs of 1970s http://www.boomerslife.org/best_songs_1980s_alternative_rock_and_roll_music_hits.htm

Jerry Lee Lewis: Great Balls of Fire http://youtu.be/7IjgZGhHrYY

Buddy Holly: Peggy Sue http://youtu.be/ku5UeUT7yIQ

Danny and the Juniors: At the Hop http://youtu.be/b8dEn6qCecg

Book Of Love: The Monotones http://youtu.be/qIfuNPbBaaA

Bobby Darin - Dream Lover http://youtu.be/wVHAQX5sSaU

Rockin' Robin http://youtu.be/PcmvwFcfWmY

Bill Haley ? His Comets: Rock Around The Clock http://youtu.be/zju6KbP_1xY

Elvis Presley: Jailhouse Rock http://youtu.be/gj0Rz-uP4Mk

Chubby Checker:,The Twist http://youtu.be/xbK0C9AYMd8

Richie Valens: La Bamba http://youtu.be/Jp6j5HJ-Cok

Ricky Nelson: Hello Mary-Lou http://youtu.be/zLkCWT2neuI

Teen queens of the 1950s http://youtu.be/SD2BEzxsDSg

Rock & Roll 50's Mix - 1 hour http://youtu.be/cwyzMw3kImI

Best Songs of the 1950s (1953-1957) http://youtu.be/_RCRZxIqMZ8

Los Angeles in the 1950s http://youtu.be/n77NxU0CHPw


 * My Website Spotlight blog posts that pertain to this module**

Quiz Show (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/quizshow/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-quiz-show.html

Dwight D. Eisenhower Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/eisenhower http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-dwight-d-eisenhower.html


 * Items to fit in below:**

TIME magazine (1923-present) http://www.time.com/time/archive/

TIME magazine covers http://www.time.com/time/coversearch

LIFE magazine http://books.google.com/books?id=R1cEAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s#all_issues_anchor

dMarie Time Capsule http://dmarie.com/timecap/

Billboard #1 song on a specific date http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm

Film History by Decade http://www.filmsite.org/filmh.html

American Cultural History (Lone Star College Library) 1950-1960 http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade50.html

Women in the 1950s (Stanford History Education Group) http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/Lessons/Unit%2012_Cold%20War%20Culture%20and%20Civil%20Rights/Women%20in%20the%201950s%20Lesson%20Plan_Revised.pdf

Ray Kroc obituary http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1005.html

Ed Sullivan obituary http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0928.html

Margaret Sanger obituary http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0914.html

This period characterized by sustained economic growth and prosperity. [Reminds me greatly of the 1920s, as if America had been interrupted by the Depression and World War II, and then had taken up where it left off.]

Baby boomers Highest birth rate in American history. Created increased demand for housing, automobiles, schools, and anything else associated with growing families. Continued impact today of the baby boom generation.

See also:

The Year 1954 http://www.americanheritage.com/content/december-1994

The Quiz-show Scandal http://www.americanheritage.com/content/quiz-show-scandal?page=show

Eugene Ferkauf, Founder of E. J. Korvette Chain, Dies at 91 - NYTimes.com []

Check out these cars! An Account of 1950s Cars
 * Automobile industry**

Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. obituary http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0523.html


 * Suburbia**

Levittown: mass–produced housing. Growth of the suburbs. 1. Read through home page Levittown An Ideal American Suburb 2. Pete Seeger song makes fun of these suburbs YouTube - Little Boxes

Building Suburbia EDSITEment http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/building-suburbia-highways-and-housing-postwar-america

Presidential Timeline: Dwight Eisenhower http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/timeline/bin/ 1. Click on "Timeline" (Explore the lives of the Presidents) 2. Then Click on Dwight Eisenhower 3. Click on each item in his Timeline that is of interest to you.
 * President Dwight D. Eisenhower**

Go to this website and click on the thumbnails at the bottom to watch the commercials from both the Republican and Democratic candidates for the 1952 U.S. presidential election: Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. []
 * 1952 presidential election**:


 * Elvis Presley**

On This Day: Elvis Presley Makes First Professional Recording at Sun Studio http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/July-August-08/On-this-Day--Elvis-Presley-Makes-First-Professional-Recording.html

Elvis rocks The Milton Berle Show — History.com This Day in History — 6/5/1956 []

More Mr. Nice Guy: Pat Boone http://www.americanheritage.com/content/more-mr-nice-guy?page=show


 * Remembering the 50s**: This website has all of the hit songs from the 1950s

Page 1: [] a. Those Fabulous Fifties Movies b. Those Fabulous Fifties TV Shows c. Songs. Plus your own choices from [] At The Hop Honey Comb Great Balls Of Fire Splish Splash

Page 2: [] a. 50s Oldies Clips b. Songs. Plus your own choices from [] Be Bop A Lu La Dream Lover Earth Angel Maybe Baby Purple People Eater Young Love Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On

Page 3: [] Rockin' Robin Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

1. Slang. Four different pages: A-B, C-F, G-M, N-Z [] 2. Women's Fashion: Various subheadings on the left sidebar []
 * The Fifties Web**: Check out the following in particular

1. Disneyland in 1955 2. Disney and more LIFE Magazine at Disneyland in the 1950's Part One
 * Disneyland in the 1950s**

1. Barbie (Doll) 2. Happy Birthday, Barbie NYT
 * Barbie Dolls**

Barbie doll http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/b/barbie.html

[] Go to this website and click on the thumbnails at the bottom to watch the commercials from both the Republican and Democratic candidates for the 1956 U.S. presidential election: Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson.
 * 1956 presidential election**


 * Religious revivals**

Religion combats atheistic communism. 1. Billy Graham (Wikipedia) 2. Billy Graham's 1957 New York City Crusade website Home page has 20 sections to choose from. Each section has several exhibits. []

The Feminine Mystique (1963). Women expected to get married and have children Women often felt empty and incomplete. They wondered: "Who am I?" 1. Betty Friedan (Wikipedia) 2. The Feminine Mystique (Wikipedia) 3. American Writers Betty Friedan
 * Betty Friedan**

Critique of executive conformity. 1. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (Wikipedia) 2. YouTube - The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) TRAILER
 * The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit**

1. Leave It to Beaver (Wikipedia) 2. YouTube - leave it to beaver episodes Try out at least 3 episodes to get the flavor of their content.
 * Leave it to Beaver**

1. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (Wikipedia) 2. YouTube - ozzie and harriet episodes Try out at least 3 episodes to get the flavor of their content.
 * Ozzie and Harriet**

1. Ricky Nelson (Wikipedia) 2. Remember When Check out the excellent 50s Photos 3. Poor Little Fool
 * Ricky Nelson**: Rock Star son of Ozzie and Harriet

Went a bit beyond the 1950s conformity (Ricky's role).
 * I Love Lucy**

YouTube - I Love Lucy episodes Try out at least 3 episodes to get the flavor of their content.

‘I Love Lucy’ writer Madelyn Pugh Davis dies at 90 - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/i-love-lucy-writer-madelyn-pugh-davis-dies-at-90/2011/04/21/AFPFifLE_story.html

Here is the outline I used for my previous Research and Writing class, based upon David Halberstam's //The Fifties//.

POLI 300 Wiki Page (Prior to edit)

COLD WAR MODULE

Chapter 1 (3-19) Franklin D. Roosevelt; Yalta Chapter 2 (20-48) From A-Bomb to H-Bomb

Chapter 24 (330-358) H-Bomb: Oppenheimer, Teller Chapter 6 (87-100) H-Bomb

Chapter 3 (49-61) Senator Joseph McCarthy

KOREAN WAR MODULE

Chapter 4 (62-77) Korean War: initial stages Chapter 5 (78-86) General Douglas MacArthur

Chapter 7 (101-115) Korean War: Chinese entry; MacArthur replaced

AUTOMOBILE CULTURE MODULE

Chapter 8 (116-130) General Motors; automobile craze

Chapter 32 (487-495) General Motors: Chevrolet, Ed Cole Chapter 42 (629-642) Competitors to General Motors

SUBURBIA MODULE

Chapter 9 (131-143) Levittown; suburbia Chapter 10 (144-154) Korvette's; discount stores

Chapter 11 (155-172) McDonald's; Ray Kroc; drive-in culture Chapter 12 (173-179) Holiday Inns; motels

TELEVISION IN POLITICS MODULE

Chapter 14 (188-194) Television in politics; Estes Kefauver Chapter 16 (203-223) 1952 presidential election: candidates Chapter 17 (224-242) Use of television in 1952 election

Chapter 18 (243-253) Dwight D. Eisenhower's background Chapter 23 (311-329) Richard Nixon's background

SOCIAL TRENDS MODULE

Chapter 39 (587-598) Women's Roles; Betty Friedan Chapter 35 (521-536) Social critics; Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Chapter 20 (272-281) Kinsey Reports Chapter 21 (282-294) Birth control; Margaret Sanger Chapter 40 (599-606) The "Pill" Chapter 37 (564-576) Marilyn Monroe; Hugh Hefner Chapter 38 (577-586) Peyton Place: Grace Metalious

TELEVISION SITCOMS MODULE

Chapter 31 (456-486) Rock and Roll: Elvis Presley; James Dean

Chapter 13 (180-187) Decline of radio; rise of television; Milton Berle Chapter 15 (195-202) Television: Lucille Ball Chapter 34 (508-520) TV sitcoms: Ozzie and Harriet Chapter 43 (643-666) Quiz shows: Charles Van Doren

CIVIL RIGHTS MODULE

Chapter 28 (411-428) Sup. Ct: Earl Warren; Brown v. Bd. of Education Chapter 29 (429-441) Emmett Till: death in Mississippi

Chapter 30 (442-455) Black migration to North; mechanical cotton picker Chapter 36 (539-563) Montgomery: Rosa Parks; Martin Luther King, Jr. Chapter 44 (667-698) Little Rock High School

FOREIGN POLICY MODULE

Chapter 25 (359-369) Iran: role of CIA

Chapter 26 (370-388) Guatemala: CIA; United Fruit; Dulles brothers Chapter 27 (389-410) French Indochina: events leading up to Dienbienphu

FOREIGN POLICY MODULE

Chapter 41 (607-628) Space program; Von Braun; Sputnik

Chapter 45 (699-712) Ike's problems; U-2 shot down; Francis Gary Powers Chapter 46 (713-733) Cuba: Castro takes power; U.S. response