
1950s America
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10th - 12th Grade
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Ryan Collier
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1950s American Pop Culture
Today, you will learn about Pop Culture during the 1950s. Specifically, you will learn about:
1) Impact TV had on American Culture.
2) The Beat Generation v.s. Rock N' Roll and their similarities.
3) Tennessee's impact on 50s Music.
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Multiple Choice
Who did mainstream 1950s television mainly ignore?
Minorities such as Hispanics, African Americans, etc.
White Americans.
Rich White Americans.
Middle Class America.
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Multiple Choice
“They danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I’ve been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. . . .” —Jack Kerouac
from On the Road
What is the main idea of the above quote?
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Multiple Choice
What was the main idea of the Beatnics of the 1950s?
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Multiple Choice
What did the writings of the Beat Generation (AKA Beatniks) and Rock n' Roll have in common?
They were both forms of counterculture expression. Also, both embraced rebelliousness and rejected the conventions of the 1950s.
1950s American Pop Culture
Today, you will learn about Pop Culture during the 1950s. Specifically, you will learn about:
1) Impact TV had on American Culture.
2) The Beat Generation v.s. Rock N' Roll and their similarities.
3) Tennessee's impact on 50s Music.
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