Starter quiz
- Write the missing word: ______ is a situation in which some groups in a society have more advantages than others.
- 'Inequality' ✓
- How did average family incomes change between 1945 and 1954 in the USA?
- Only white family incomes rose.
- Only non-white family incomes rose.
- White and non-white family incomes rose. ✓
- White family nor non-white family incomes rose.
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- What was the American Dream?
- idea of racial equality in the USA
- name of President Truman's economic policies
- idea that anyone could be successful with hard work ✓
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- Who introduced the Fair Deal?
- President Hoover
- President Roosevelt
- President Truman ✓
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- Which statement is most accurate?
- TV prices rose after WW2, so few were owned.
- TV prices fell after WW2, so many were owned. ✓
- TV prices fell after WW2, but remained high so few were owned.
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔US unemployment rises during the Great Depression.
- 2⇔WW2 begins.
- 3⇔Many women enter the workplace and millions join the army.
- 4⇔WW2 eds.
- 5⇔Many women return to being housewives.
Exit quiz
- Write the missing word: The types of entertainments enjoyed by ordinary people in a country are known as popular ______.
- 'culture' ✓
- Before the 1940s, when did most Americans leave school?
- By the age of 14 ✓
- Between the ages of 15 and 16
- Aged 17 or over
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- Who became a famous Rock and Roll artist in post-war America?
- Elvis Presley ✓
- Frank Sinatra
- James Dean
- Marilyn Monroe
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- How much did the average US teenager spend per week by 1957?
- $0-5
- $5-10
- $10-15 ✓
- $15-20
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- Which factor contributed to declining cinema audiences in the 1940s and 1960s?
- cost of tickets
- emergence of teenagers
- television ownership ✓
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- Whichh statement is most accurate?
- All adults criticised teenage culture.
- Many adults criticised teenage culture. ✓
- Almost all adults approved of teenage culture.
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Key learning points
- Televisions became widely available and popular.
- A new 'teenage' identity developed in the 1940s and 1950s.
- Rock and Roll became a popular form of music.
- Advertisers and the entertainment industry targeted teenage audiences.
Common misconception
All older Americans were opposed to teenage culture in the 1940s and 1950s.
Adults working in advertising as well as some in the entertainment industry were happy to target teenage audiences.
Keywords
Popular culture - popular culture is the types of entertainments enjoyed by ordinary people in a country
Broadcast - a broadcast is to send out a TV or radio programme
Generation - all the people in a society or family who are approximately the same age are called a generation
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